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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.280 - Assessment procedure—Oath and compensation of commissioners.

RCW 91.08.280
Assessment procedure—Oath and compensation of commissioners.
Said commissioners, before entering upon their duties, shall take and subscribe an oath that they will faithfully perform the duties of the office to which they are appointed, and will to the best of their abilities make true and impartial assessments according to the law. Every commissioner shall receive compensation at the rate of five dollars per day for each day actually spent in making the assessment herein provided for, upon his or her filing in the proceeding a verified statement showing the number of days he or she has actually spent therein; and upon the approval of said statement by the judge of the court in which the proceeding is pending, the board shall issue a warrant in the amount so approved, upon the special fund created to pay the awards and costs of said proceeding; and the fees of such commissioners so paid, and all expenses returned by them and allowed by the court shall be included in the cost and expense of such proceeding.
[ 2013 c 23 § 623; 1911 c 23 § 26; RRS § 9802.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.290 - Assessment procedure—Apportionment of assessment.

RCW 91.08.290
Assessment procedure—Apportionment of assessment.
It shall be the duty of such commissioners to examine the lands in the district and to apportion and assess the amount of the judgment, interest and costs as hereinbefore defined, of the condemnation proceeding, and of the estimated cost of the proposed improvement, and of the price of any fill made with material dug or dredged from such waterway, upon the several lots, blocks, tracts and parcels of land in said district, in the proportion in which they will be severally benefited; which assessment shall be a proportionate charge upon each square foot of land contained in each separate lot, block, tract or parcel of land.
[ 1911 c 23 § 27; RRS § 9803.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.300 - Assessment procedure—Assessment roll.

RCW 91.08.300
Assessment procedure—Assessment roll.
The commissioners shall make or cause to be made an assessment roll in which shall appear the names of the owners, so far as known, a description of each lot, block, tract or parcel of land or other property, and the amounts assessed thereon as special benefits thereto, specifying separately the benefits from the opening of the waterway, for construction, and for fill if any, and certify such assessment roll to the court before which said proceeding is pending, within sixty days after the date of the order referring said proceeding to them, or within such extension of said period as shall be allowed by the court. In determining the benefit to be assessed upon any lot or parcel of land for the opening of the waterway, the commissioners shall ascertain from the finding of the court or jury whether or not it is remaining land after the severance of land taken from an original lot or parcel for right-of-way of such proposed waterway, and the damage awarded to such remaining land, if any, allowed by reason of the severance; and for such opening shall assess as benefits to such remaining land only the excess of the benefit accruing thereto over the damage awarded by the finding.
[ 1911 c 23 § 28; RRS § 9804.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.310 - Assessment procedure—Order for hearing on roll—Notice.

RCW 91.08.310
Assessment procedure—Order for hearing on roll—Notice.
Upon its completion the commissioners shall return their assessment roll into court, and thereupon the court shall make an order setting a time for the hearing thereon before the court, which day shall be at least thirty days after the entry of the order. The commissioners shall give notice of the assessment and of the day fixed by the court for the hearing thereon in the following manner:
(1) They shall at least twenty days prior to the date fixed for the hearing on the roll, mail to each owner of the property assessed, whose name and address is known to them, a notice substantially in the following form:
"(Title of cause.) To . . . . . .: Pursuant to an order of the superior court of the State of Washington, in and for the county of . . . . . . there will be a hearing in the above entitled cause on . . . . . . at . . . . . . upon the assessment roll prepared by the commissioners heretofore appointed by the court to assess the property specially benefited by the (here describe nature of improvement); and you are hereby required if you desire to make any objection to the assessment roll, to file your objections to the same before the date herein fixed for the hearing upon the roll, a description of your property and the amount assessed against it for the aforesaid improvement is as follows: (Description of property and amount assessed against it.)
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
Commissioners."
(2) They shall cause at least twenty days' notice to be given of the hearing by publishing the same at least once a week for two successive weeks in the official county newspaper. The notice so required to be published may be substantially as follows:
"(Title of cause.) Special Assessment Notice. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested, that an assessment roll has been filed in the above entitled cause providing for the assessment upon the property benefited of the cost of (here insert brief description of improvement) and that the roll has been set down for hearing on the . . . . day of . . . . . . at . . . . The boundaries of the assessment district are substantially as follows: (here insert an approximate description of the assessment district.) All persons desiring to object to the assessment roll are required to file their objections before said date fixed for the hearing upon the roll, and appear on the day fixed for hearing before the court.
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
Commissioners."
[ 1985 c 469 § 97; 1911 c 23 § 29; RRS § 9805.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.320 - Assessment procedure—Proof of service of notice.

RCW 91.08.320
Assessment procedure—Proof of service of notice.
On or before the day fixed for the hearing, the affidavit of one or more of the commissioners shall be filed in said court showing the mailing of the notices above prescribed, and an affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper showing the publication of notice, with a copy of the published notice attached, which affidavit shall be received as prima facie proof of the giving of notice as herein required.
[ 1911 c 23 § 30; RRS § 9806.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.330 - Assessment procedure—Cause may be continued.

RCW 91.08.330
Assessment procedure—Cause may be continued.
If twenty days shall not have elapsed between the first publication of such notice and the day set for hearing, the hearing shall be continued until such time as the court shall order. The court shall retain full jurisdiction of the matter until final judgment on the assessments, and if the notice given shall prove invalid or insufficient the court shall order new notice to be given.
[ 1911 c 23 § 31; RRS § 9807.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.340 - Assessment procedure—Hearing—Findings—Judgment.

RCW 91.08.340
Assessment procedure—Hearing—Findings—Judgment.
Any person interested in any property assessed and desiring to object to the assessment thereon, shall file his or her objections to such report at any time before the day set for hearing said roll, and serve a copy thereof upon the prosecuting attorney. As to all property to the assessment upon which no objections are filed and served, as herein provided, default may be entered and the assessment confirmed by the court. On the hearing of objections the report of the commissioners shall be competent evidence to support the assessment, but either party may introduce such other evidence as may tend to establish the right of the matter. The hearing shall be conducted as in other cases at law tried by the court without a jury; and if it shall appear that the property of the objector is assessed more or less than it will be benefited, or more or less than its proportionate share of the cost of the condemnation and improvement, the court shall so find, and it shall also find the amount in which said property ought to be assessed and correct the assessment accordingly. Judgment shall be entered confirming the assessment roll as originally filed or as corrected, as the case may require.
[ 2013 c 23 § 624; 1911 c 23 § 32; RRS § 9808.]
NOTES:
Civil procedure: Title 4 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.350 - Assessment procedure—Roll may be recast—New commissioners.

RCW 91.08.350
Assessment procedure—Roll may be recast—New commissioners.
The court before which any such proceeding may be pending shall have authority at any time before final judgment to modify, alter, change, annul or confirm any assessment roll returned as aforesaid, or cause any such assessment roll to be recast by the same commissioners whenever it shall be necessary for the obtainment of justice; or it may appoint other commissioners in the place of all or any of the commissioners first appointed for the purpose of making such assessment or modifying, altering, changing or recasting the same, and may take all such proceedings and make all such orders as may be necessary to make a true and just assessment of the cost of such condemnation and improvement according to the principals of this chapter, and may from time to time, as may be necessary, continue the proceeding for that purpose as to the whole or any part of the premises.
[ 1911 c 23 § 33; RRS § 9809.]
NOTES:
Invalidity of assessments—Reassessment: RCW 91.08.520.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.360 - Assessment procedure—Judgment separate as to each tract—Effect of appeal.

RCW 91.08.360
Assessment procedure—Judgment separate as to each tract—Effect of appeal.
The judgment of the court confirming the assessment roll shall have the effect of a separate judgment as to each tract or parcel of land or other property assessed, and any appeal from such judgment shall not invalidate or delay the judgment except as to the property concerning which the appeal is taken. Such judgment shall be a proportionate lien upon each square foot of the property assessed from the date of entry until payment shall be made.
[ 1911 c 23 § 34; RRS § 9810.]
NOTES:
Appellate review: RCW 91.08.580.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.370 - Assessment procedure—Roll certified to treasurer—Interest on assessment upon appeal.

RCW 91.08.370
Assessment procedure—Roll certified to treasurer—Interest on assessment upon appeal.
The clerk of the court in which such judgment is rendered shall certify a copy of the assessment roll as confirmed, and of the judgment confirming the same, to the treasurer of the county, or if there has been an appeal taken from any part of such judgment, then he or she shall certify such part of the roll and judgment as is not included in such appeal, and the remainder when final judgment is entered: PROVIDED, That if upon such appeal the judgment of the superior court shall be affirmed, the assessments on such property as to which appeal has been taken shall bear interest at the same rate and from the same date which other assessments not paid within the time hereafter provided shall bear. Such copy of the assessment roll shall be sufficient warrant to the county treasurer to collect the assessments therein specified in the manner hereinafter provided.
[ 2013 c 23 § 625; 1911 c 23 § 35; RRS § 9811.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.380 - Assessment procedure—Notice of filing roll.

RCW 91.08.380
Assessment procedure—Notice of filing roll.
The treasurer receiving such certified copy of the assessment roll and judgment shall immediately give notice thereof by publishing such notice at least once in the official newspaper or newspapers of such county, if such newspaper or newspapers there be; and if there be no such official newspaper, then by publishing such notice in some newspaper of general circulation in the county. Such notice may be in substantially the following form:
"SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Public notice is hereby given that the superior court of . . . . . . county, State of Washington, has rendered judgment for a special assessment upon property benefited by the following improvement (here insert the character and location of the improvement in general terms) as will more fully appear from the certified copy of the assessment roll on file in my office, and that the undersigned is authorized to collect such assessments. All persons interested are hereby notified that they can pay the amounts assessed, or any part thereof, without interest, at my office (here insert location of office) within sixty days from the date hereof.
Dated this . . . . day of . . . . . . A.D. (year) . . . .
. . . .
Treasurer of . . . .
county, Washington."
[ 2016 c 202 § 53; 1911 c 23 § 36; RRS § 9812.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.390 - Payment of assessment—Alternate methods.

RCW 91.08.390
Payment of assessment—Alternate methods.
The owner of any land charged with an assessment under this chapter, may discharge the same from all liability for the cost of such condemnation and improvement by paying the entire assessment charged against his or her land, without interest, within the time fixed by the notice of the county treasurer for the payment thereof; or within said time he or she may pay a part of such assessment and allow the remainder to continue as an assessment upon his or her land to be collected and paid as hereinafter provided; or within said time he or she may pay the entire assessment per square foot upon any part of his or her land, providing that he or she shall when paying such partial assessment give to the treasurer a description of the tract paid for.
[ 2013 c 23 § 626; 1911 c 23 § 37; RRS § 9813.]
NOTES:
Payment of assessments by satisfying judgment: RCW 91.08.590.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.400 - Payment of assessment—Record of payment without interest.

RCW 91.08.400
Payment of assessment—Record of payment without interest.
When any assessment shall be paid either in full or in part only, within the time for payment without interest fixed by his or her notice, the treasurer shall note the fact of such payment opposite the assessment.
[ 2013 c 23 § 627; 1911 c 23 § 38; RRS § 9814.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.410 - Payment of assessment—Installments—Collection.

RCW 91.08.410
Payment of assessment—Installments—Collection.
Immediately after the expiration of the time fixed by his or her notice for payment of assessments without interest, the treasurer shall divide the several assessments which remain unpaid in whole or in part into ten equal amounts or installments, as near as may be, without fractional cents, and enter said installments upon the roll opposite the several assessments, numbering the same from one to ten successively. And thereafter said treasurer shall annually for ten years, before the time fixed by law for the collection of state and county taxes, add one of the said assessment installments with interest for one year from the expiration of the time for payment without interest, or of the anniversary thereof, at a rate determined by the board on the entire unpaid assessment, to the tax levied upon the property assessed, where said tax appears upon the county tax roll, and collect said installment and interest, without reduction of percentage for prepayment, at the same time and in the same manner as state and county taxes are collected. And after delinquency said installments and interest shall be subject to the same charges for increased interest and penalties as are other delinquent taxes. But no tax sale of lands assessed under this chapter shall discharge the same from the lien of any unpaid installments of the assessment against it until all installments and interest are fully paid.
[ 2013 c 23 § 628; 1981 c 156 § 34; 1911 c 23 § 39; RRS § 9815.]
NOTES:
Collection of taxes: Chapter 84.56 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.420 - Payment of assessment—Record of installment payments.

RCW 91.08.420
Payment of assessment—Record of installment payments.
As each assessment installment is paid the treasurer shall note the payment thereof in the proper place upon the assessment roll.
[ 1911 c 23 § 40; RRS § 9816.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.430 - Payment of assessment—Payment in full or in part—Interest—Segregation.

RCW 91.08.430
Payment of assessment—Payment in full or in part—Interest—Segregation.
The owner of any lands assessed under this chapter may at any time after the time fixed by the treasurer's notice for payment without interest, discharge his or her lands from the unpaid assessment by paying the principal of all installments unpaid with interest thereon at a rate determined by the board to the next anniversary of the time fixed as aforesaid; or he or she may pay one or more installments, with like interest, beginning with installment number ten and continuing in the inverse numerical order of installments. The successor in title to any part of his or her lands may have the proportionate assessment segregated on the roll and charged to such part upon his or her producing to the treasurer his or her recorded deed to such part.
[ 2013 c 23 § 629; 1981 c 156 § 35; 1911 c 23 § 41; RRS § 9817.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.440 - Payment of assessment—Interest on last installment.

RCW 91.08.440
Payment of assessment—Interest on last installment.
The last installment of any assessment paid shall include interest thereon at a rate determined by the board to the actual date of payment.
[ 1981 c 156 § 36; 1911 c 23 § 42; RRS § 9818.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.450 - Payment of assessment—Land taken for public use.

RCW 91.08.450
Payment of assessment—Land taken for public use.
Should any of the lands assessed under this chapter be taken for or dedicated to public use, for highway or any other public purpose, before the taking or dedication shall be complete or take effect there shall be paid to the county treasurer a sum equal to the principal of the unpaid assessment upon said land at its proportionate rate per square foot, with interest thereon for one year at a rate determined by the board; and the treasurer shall credit the principal sum paid to the unpaid installments upon the tract as originally assessed.
[ 1981 c 156 § 38; 1911 c 23 § 43; RRS § 9819.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.460 - Payment of assessment—Treasurer's report.

RCW 91.08.460
Payment of assessment—Treasurer's report.
Immediately after expiration of the time fixed by the treasurer for the payment of assessments levied under this chapter, he or she shall report to the board in writing the sum collected by him or her and in his or her hands to the credit of the assessment roll; and thereafter and on or before the first days of January and July in each year he or she shall make written reports to said board of the sums collected by him or her upon said roll, stating in detail the amount of principal, interest, and penalty so collected, the amount of principal remaining uncollected, and also, in detail, the principal and interest paid out by him or her under authority of the board, and the balance in his or her hands to the credit of the roll.
[ 2013 c 23 § 630; 1911 c 23 § 44; RRS § 9820.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.465 - Bonds—Authorized—Purposes for issuance.

RCW 91.08.465
Bonds—Authorized—Purposes for issuance.
Should the owners of any lands assessed to pay for an improvement contemplated by this chapter, fail to pay the assessments thereon in full on or before the day fixed by the treasurer's notice as the time for payment without interest, the board shall provide and issue bonds of the district to the total amount of the unpaid assessments, which bonds may either be issued to persons contracting to perform the work of making the improvement, or exchange with them for warrants; or be issued in exchange for work or materials; or they may be sold outright as hereinafter provided. Such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 265; 1911 c 23 § 45; RRS § 9821. Formerly RCW 91.08.470, part.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.480 - Bonds—Terms, form, interest, execution.

RCW 91.08.480
Bonds—Terms, form, interest, execution.
(1) Such bonds shall be issued pursuant to an order made by the board and by their terms shall be made payable on or before a date not to exceed ten years from and after the date of their issue, which latter date shall also be fixed by such order. They shall bear interest at the rate or rates as authorized by the board, which interest shall be payable semiannually at periods named; shall be of such denomination as shall be provided in the order directing the issue, but not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars; shall be numbered from one upward consecutively and each bond shall be signed by the president of the board and attested by its clerk: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That any coupons may, in lieu of being so signed, have printed thereon facsimile signatures of said officers. Each bond shall in the body thereof refer to the improvement to pay for which the same is issued; shall provide that the principal sum therein named and the interest thereon shall be payable out of the fund created for the payment of the cost and expense of said improvement, and not otherwise; and shall not be issued in an amount which, together with the assessments already paid, will exceed the cost and expense of the said condemnation and improvement. Such bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 266; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 105; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 48; 1911 c 23 § 46; RRS § 9822.]
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.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.485 - Bonds—Sale or exchange for par value.

RCW 91.08.485
Bonds—Sale or exchange for par value.
(1) Said bonds, whether sold or exchanged, shall be disposed of for not less than their par value and accrued interest.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 267; 1911 c 23 § 47; RRS § 9823. Formerly RCW 91.08.470, part.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.490 - Bonds—Sale of.

RCW 91.08.490
Bonds—Sale of.
(1) Before making any sale of such bonds the board shall advertise the sale and invite sealed bids therefor, by publication in the county official newspaper at least once, and in such other manner as it sees fit, for a period of thirty days. At the time and place fixed for receiving bids the board shall open all bids presented and may either award the bonds to the highest bidder or reject all bids. Delivery of the bonds and payment therefor may be as required by the board. The purchaser of any such bonds shall pay the money due therefor to the county treasurer, who shall place it in the district fund.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 268; 1911 c 23 § 48; RRS § 9824.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.500 - Bonds—Payment.

RCW 91.08.500
Bonds—Payment.
The treasurer shall pay the interest on the bonds authorized to be issued by this chapter, on presentation of matured coupons therefor, out of the funds of the district in his or her hands. Whenever there shall be sufficient money in any such fund (not less than one thousand dollars) over and above sufficient for the payment of matured interest on all outstanding bonds, to pay the principal of one or more bonds, the treasurer shall call in and pay the bonds in their numerical order: PROVIDED, That the call for bonds shall be made by publication in the official newspaper of the county within five days after the semiannual interest period, and shall state that bonds numbered . . . . . . . . . (giving the serial numbers of the bonds called) will be paid on presentation; and that after a date named, not more than fifteen days thereafter, interest on the bonds called shall cease.
[ 2013 c 23 § 631; 1985 c 469 § 98; 1911 c 23 § 49; RRS § 9825.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.510 - Bonds—Recourse of owner limited to special assessment—Bond to so state.

RCW 91.08.510
Bonds—Recourse of owner limited to special assessment—Bond to so state.
The owner of any bond issued under authority of this chapter shall not have any claim therefor against any person, body, or corporation, except from the special assessment made for the improvement for which such bond was issued; but his or her remedy in case of nonpayment shall be confined to the enforcement of such assessment. A copy of this section shall be plainly written, printed, or engraved on each bond so issued.
[ 2013 c 23 § 632; 1983 c 167 § 269; 1911 c 23 § 50; RRS § 9826.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.520 - Invalidity of assessments—Reassessment.

RCW 91.08.520
Invalidity of assessments—Reassessment.
In all cases of assessments for improvements under this chapter, wherein such assessment shall have failed to be valid in whole or in part for want of form or insufficiency, informality or irregularity, or nonconformance with the provisions of this chapter, the board is hereby authorized to cause such assessments to be reassessed and to enforce their collection in accordance herewith.
[ 1911 c 23 § 51; RRS § 9827.]
NOTES:
Assessment procedure: RCW 91.08.270 through 91.08.380.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.530 - Construction—Contractor's bond—Bidder's deposit—Claims.

RCW 91.08.530
Construction—Contractor's bond—Bidder's deposit—Claims.
After the confirmation of the assessment roll of any improvement district provided for herein, the board shall proceed at once with the construction of the improvement, and in carrying on the construction it shall have full charge and management thereof and the power to employ such assistants as it may deem necessary, and purchase all material required in such construction; and it shall have power to let the whole or any part of the work of the improvement to the lowest and best bidder therefor, after public advertisement and call for bids; and in case of such letting of a contract it shall have the power also to enter into all necessary agreements with the contractor in the premises: PROVIDED, That in the case of the letting of a contract the board shall require the contractor to give a bond in the amount of the contract price, with sureties to be approved by the board and running to the board as obligee therein, conditioned for the faithful and accurate performance of his or her contract by the contractor, and that he or she will pay, or cause to be paid, all just claims of all persons performing labor upon or rendering services in doing the work, or furnishing materials, merchandise or provisions used by the contractor in the construction of the improvement. The bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of the auditor of the county and every subcontractor on any such work shall file and record a like bond in the full amount of his or her subcontract. Unless otherwise paid their claims for labor or services, materials, merchandise or provisions, the claimants may have recourse by suit upon such bond in their own names: PROVIDED, That no such claim or suit shall be maintained unless the persons making the claim shall within thirty days after the completion of the improvement, file their claims, duly verified, to the effect that the amounts thereof are just and due and are unpaid, with the clerk of the board. Each bidder for a contract to be let under this section shall deliver with his or her bid a check for five percent of the amount of the bid, drawn upon a bank in this state and certified by the bank, as surety to the board that the bidder will enter into the contract with the board. The checks of unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them when an award of the contract has been made by the board. A low bidder who claims error and fails to enter into a contract is prohibited from bidding on the same project if a second or subsequent call for bids is made for the project.
[ 1996 c 18 § 16; 1911 c 23 § 52; RRS § 9828.]
NOTES:
Contractor's bond: Chapter 39.08 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.540 - Construction—Installment payments—Reserve.

RCW 91.08.540
Construction—Installment payments—Reserve.
During the construction of the improvement said board shall have the right to allow payment therefor to contractors in installments as the work progresses, in proportion to the amount of work completed: PROVIDED, That no such allowance or payment shall be made for exceeding seventy-five percent of the proportionate amount of the work completed; and twenty-five percent of the contract price shall be reserved at all times by said board until such work is fully completed, and shall not be paid until thirty days have expired after such completion. Upon completion of the work and the production of satisfactory evidence to the board that all just claims for labor, materials, goods, wares, merchandise and provisions furnished to the contractor have been paid, the board shall accept the improvement and pay the contract price therefor.
[ 1911 c 23 § 53; RRS § 9829.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.550 - Warrants.

RCW 91.08.550
Warrants.
The indebtedness of any such district on contracts, or upon employment or for supplies, shall be paid by warrants on the district fund only, to be issued by the board upon allowed written claims. Such warrants shall be in form the same as county warrants, or as nearly the same as may be practicable; shall draw the legal rate of interest from the date of their presentation to the county treasurer for payment, and shall be signed by the chair and attested by the clerk: PROVIDED, That no warrants shall be issued in payment of any indebtedness of such district for less than the face or par value.
[ 2013 c 23 § 633; 1911 c 23 § 54; RRS § 9830.]
NOTES:
Public contracts and indebtedness—Interest rate on warrants: Chapter 39.56 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.560 - Warrants—Payment.

RCW 91.08.560
Warrants—Payment.
All warrants issued under RCW 91.08.550 may be presented by the holders thereof to the county treasurer, who shall pay them or endorse thereon the date of presentation for payment and if the same are not paid, and the reason for their nonpayment; and no warrant shall draw interest until it is so presented and endorsed by the county treasurer. It shall be the duty of the treasurer from time to time, when he or she has sufficient funds in his or her hands for the purpose, to give notice to warrant holders to present their warrants for payment; such notice to be given by advertisement in the county newspaper. And thirty days after the first publication of said notice the warrants called shall cease to bear interest. Said notice shall be published once each week for two weeks consecutively, and such warrants shall be called and paid in the order of their endorsement.
[ 2013 c 23 § 634; 1911 c 23 § 55; RRS § 9831.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.570 - Public lands not devoted to public use to be treated as private lands.

RCW 91.08.570
Public lands not devoted to public use to be treated as private lands.
State, school, county, school district, and other lands belonging to other public corporations which will be benefited by the construction, deepening or widening of any such waterway, and which are not devoted to public use, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, and the owners thereof by and through the proper authorities, shall be made parties in all proceedings affecting said lands, and shall have the same rights and be liable to the same right of eminent domain as the lands of private persons or corporations.
[ 1911 c 23 § 56; RRS § 9832. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1911 c 23 § 57; RRS § 9833, now codified as RCW 91.08.575.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain procedure—Service in case of public lands: RCW 91.08.150.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.575 - Public lands not devoted to public use to be treated as private lands—Assessment.

RCW 91.08.575
Public lands not devoted to public use to be treated as private lands—Assessment.
Lands belonging to the state, and school, county, school district and other lands belonging to public corporations and which are not devoted to public use, which are benefited by any improvement instituted under the provisions of this chapter, shall be assessed in the same manner as lands of private persons and corporations, and the assessment shall be paid by the proper authorities.
[ 1911 c 23 § 57; RRS § 9833. Formerly RCW 91.08.570, part.]
NOTES:
Assessment procedure: RCW 91.08.270 through 91.08.380, 91.08.520.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.580 - Appellate review.

RCW 91.08.580
Appellate review.
Any person aggrieved by any condemnation judgment for compensation or damages, or by any judgment confirming an assessment upon land for benefits under this chapter, may seek appellate review of the judgment as in other civil cases.
[ 1988 c 202 § 95; 1971 c 81 § 181; 1911 c 23 § 58; RRS § 9834.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Method of appellate review, Cf. Title 2 RAP, RAP 18.22.
Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.590 - Payment of assessments by satisfying judgment.

RCW 91.08.590
Payment of assessments by satisfying judgment.
Any defendant in a condemnation proceeding under this chapter, whose remaining land, or whose other lands in the district, shall be assessed for benefits arising from the improvement, may pay his or her assessments in full, if they be less than his or her condemnation judgment, at or before the time fixed by the treasurer for the payment of assessments without interest, by satisfying his or her judgment upon the judgment docket and producing to the treasurer the certificate of the county clerk that the judgment has been satisfied. And if his or her assessments be greater than his or her condemnation judgments he or she may, within the same time, pay his or her assessment to the extent of his or her judgment by the like satisfaction and the like production of the clerk's certificate to the treasurer. In each case the treasurer shall note the payment and the manner thereof on the assessment roll and report the same to the board.
[ 2013 c 23 § 635; 1911 c 23 § 59; RRS § 9835.]
NOTES:
Payment of assessment: RCW 91.08.390 through 91.08.460.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.600 - Purchase of filling material.

RCW 91.08.600
Purchase of filling material.
At any time before the completion of excavations required for the construction, deepening, or widening of a waterway under this chapter, when there will be surplus material dug or dredged from such waterway, any owner of land within the district, for the filling of whose land no provision has theretofore been made, may have such surplus material delivered upon his or her land for filling purposes upon paying the cost of such delivery in a sum to be fixed by the board. The sum so fixed shall be paid to the treasurer at such time and in such manner as the board may prescribe, and shall be credited to the district fund.
[ 2013 c 23 § 636; 1911 c 23 § 60; RRS § 9836.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.610 - Surplus money in district fund transferred to road fund.

RCW 91.08.610
Surplus money in district fund transferred to road fund.
Should there be any money remaining in the district fund after the payment in full of all of the obligations of the district, it shall be transferred to and become a part of the road fund of the county.
[ 1911 c 23 § 61; RRS § 9837.]
NOTES:
"County road fund" created: RCW 36.82.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.620 - Unclaimed funds, disposal of.

RCW 91.08.620
Unclaimed funds, disposal of.
Should any sum of money paid into court as compensation or damages for land or property taken or damaged in any condemnation proceeding under this chapter be uncalled for the period of two years, the county clerk shall satisfy the judgment therefor and pay the money in his or her hands to the treasurer for the road fund of the county. But upon application to the board of county commissioners within four years after such payment, the party entitled thereto shall be paid such money by the county without interest: PROVIDED, That if any such party, being a natural person, was under legal disabilities when such money was paid to the treasurer, the time within which he or she or his or her legal representatives shall make application for the payment thereof shall not expire until one year after his or her death or the removal of his or her disabilities.
[ 2013 c 23 § 637; 1911 c 23 § 62; RRS § 9838.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.630 - Waterways as highways—Control of.

RCW 91.08.630
Waterways as highways—Control of.
Every waterway constructed, deepened or widened under this chapter shall, from and after the completion thereof, be a public highway for vessels and an outlet for swamp or overflow water which may be drained into it from any lands in the district or tributary thereto, and shall be under the care and control of the board of county commissioners of the county as are other highways: PROVIDED, That whenever any such waterway shall thereafter be included within the limits of any city or town, the care and control thereof shall pass to the corporate authorities of such city or town.
[ 1911 c 23 § 63; RRS § 9839.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.640 - Fees for serving process.

RCW 91.08.640
Fees for serving process.
The fees for the service of all process necessary to be served under the provisions of this chapter shall be the same as those for like services in other civil cases.
[ 1911 c 23 § 65; RRS § 9841.]
NOTES:
Fees of county officers: Chapter 36.18 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.650 - Enforcement.

RCW 91.08.650
Enforcement.
The superior court may compel the performance of duties imposed by this chapter, and may on proper application therefor issue its mandatory injunction for such purpose.
[ 1911 c 23 § 66; RRS § 9842.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.660 - Construction—1911 c 23.

RCW 91.08.660
Construction—1911 c 23.
This chapter shall not be held to be an exclusive method of constructing, deepening or widening such waterways, nor in conflict with any other method which may be provided by law.
[ 1911 c 23 § 64; RRS § 9840.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 91 - Waterways › Chapter 91.08 - Public Waterways. › 91.08.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 91.08.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 199.]
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 1. The State and Its Subdivisions › Article 1. Limits and Jurisdiction › §1-1-1. Counties Comprising State of West Virginia

The state of West Virginia includes all the territory formerly belonging to the state of Virginia and now comprising the following counties, to wit: Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 1. The State and Its Subdivisions › Article 1. Limits and Jurisdiction › §1-1-3. Acquisition of Lands by United States; Jurisdiction

The consent of this state is hereby given to the acquisition by the United States, or under its authority, by purchase, lease, condemnation, or otherwise, of any land acquired, or to be acquired in this state by the United States, from any individual, body politic or corporate, for sites for lighthouses, beacons, signal stations, post offices, customhouses, courthouses, arsenals, soldiers' homes, cemeteries, locks, dams, armor plate manufacturing plants, projectile factories or factories of any kind or character, or any needful buildings or structures or proving grounds, or works for the improvement of the navigation of any watercourse, or work of public improvement whatever, or for the conservation of the forests, or for any other purpose for which the same may be needed or required by the government of the United States. The evidence of title to such land shall be recorded as in other cases.
Any county, magisterial district or municipality, whether incorporated under general law or special act of the Legislature, shall have power to pay for any such tract or parcel of land and present the same to the government of the United States free of cost, for any of the purposes aforesaid, and to issue bonds and levy taxes for the purpose of paying for the same; and, in the case of a municipal corporation, the land so purchased and presented may be within the corporate limits of such municipality or within five miles thereof: Provided, however, That no such county, magisterial district or municipality shall, by the issue and sale of such bonds, cause the aggregate of its debt to exceed the limit fixed by the Constitution of this state: Provided further, That the provisions of the Constitution and statutes of this state, or of the special act creating any municipality, relating to submitting the question of the issuing of bonds and all questions connected with the same to a vote of the people, shall, in all respects, be observed and complied with.
Concurrent jurisdiction with this state in and over any land so acquired by the United States shall be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the United States for all purposes; but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall be the owner of such lands, and if the purposes of any grant to the United States shall cease, or the United States shall for five consecutive years fail to use any such land for the purposes of the grant, the jurisdiction hereby ceded over the same shall cease and determine, and the right and title thereto shall reinvest in this state. The jurisdiction ceded shall not vest until the United States shall acquire title of record to such land. Jurisdiction heretofore ceded to the United States over any land within this state by any previous acts of the Legislature shall continue according to the terms of the respective cessions.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 1. The State and Its Subdivisions › Article 1. Limits and Jurisdiction › §1-1-4. Execution of Process and Other Jurisdiction as to Land Acquired by United States

The state of West Virginia reserves the right to execute process, civil or criminal, within the limits of any lot or parcel of land heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United States as aforesaid, and such other jurisdiction and authority over the same as is not inconsistent with the jurisdiction ceded to the United States by virtue of such acquisition.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 1. The State and Its Subdivisions › Article 2. Apportionment of Representation › §1-2-2b. Precinct Boundary Changes

If an election precinct of this state includes territory contained in more than one senatorial or delegate district, as such senatorial districts are established by section one of this article and as such delegate districts are established by section two of this article, the county commission of the county in which the precinct is located shall, prior to January 21, 2012, alter the boundary lines of its election precincts so that no precinct contains territory included in more than one senatorial or delegate district.
2023 West Virginia Code › Chapter 1. The State and Its Subdivisions › Article 2. Apportionment of Representation › §1-2-2c. Redistricting

Upon the reapportionment and redistricting of the Legislature following the United States Census in 2020 and in each subsequent reapportionment and redistricting, the House of Delegates shall be composed of one hundred single member districts, with apportionment to meet constitutional standards.