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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.050 - Payment and collection of assessments.

RCW 87.68.050
Payment and collection of assessments.
Irrigation district assessments levied and becoming payable under the provisions of RCW 87.68.010 through 87.68.050 shall be payable on and after December 10th next following the levy and except as in RCW 87.68.010 through 87.68.050 otherwise provided shall become delinquent, shall be collected by the same officials and lands charged with said assessments shall be sold when delinquent; all at the same times in the same manner with the same kind and length of notice and with the same force, effect, obligations, and privileges as provided by the irrigation district law generally for the collection of assessments, and for the sale and redemption of lands charged with delinquent district assessments.
[ 1941 c 141 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7525-17.]
NOTES:
Severability—Construction—1941 c 141: See notes following RCW 87.68.010.
Assessments, sale, redemption: RCW 87.03.240 through 87.03.475.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.060 - Certain elections—Districts of two hundred thousand acres—Notice of election.

RCW 87.68.060
Certain elections—Districts of two hundred thousand acres—Notice of election.
In any election called and held in an irrigation district organized and existing under the laws of this state, comprising two hundred thousand or more acres of land within its boundaries, for the purpose of voting on any proposed contract between the district and the United States or any agency thereof where the proposed contract is to include a provision in accordance with the fourth proviso in section 1(b) of the act of congress of May 27, 1937 (50 Stat. 208), the notice of said election shall state, in addition to the other matters and things required by law relating to elections in such districts, that the proposed contract shall include a provision in accordance with the fourth proviso in section 1(b) of the act of congress of May 27, 1937 (50 Stat. 208), and shall also set forth the provisions of section 1(a) and (b) of said federal act.
[ 1939 c 190 § 1; RRS § 7402-283.]
NOTES:
Qualification of voters: RCW 87.03.045.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.070 - Deposit of funds in bank of board of control's choice.

RCW 87.68.070
Deposit of funds in bank of board of control's choice.
Funds in the custody of the board of control of the Sunnyside Division, Yakima Project, or any similar board created or operated by contract or otherwise under or pursuant to the federal reclamation laws, or acting as operating agent for the United States and/or irrigation districts of this state or of other states, may be deposited on general deposit in any one or more banks in this state which such board of control may designate. All such deposits shall be made in the name of the board and be subject to payment on demand on the check of any officer or agent fully authorized and designated by such board. The board of control of the Sunnyside Division, Yakima Project, referred to herein, is the board of control created by the respective contracts entered into by and between the United States of America and the Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District and other irrigation districts of the Sunnyside Division of the Yakima Project, in the state of Washington, under the provisions of the act of congress of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, all generally referred to as the federal reclamation laws.
[ 1945 c 163 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 7525-40. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1947 c 265 § 2, part; 1945 c 163 § 7, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 7525-46, part, now codified in RCW 87.68.140. Formerly RCW 87.68.070 and 87.68.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.090 - Security for deposits.

RCW 87.68.090
Security for deposits.
Upon the designation of any bank by the board of control as in RCW 87.68.070 through 87.68.140 provided, the bank shall furnish security for any deposits by mortgage, pledge or hypothecation of bank assets or otherwise in such manner as may be agreed upon between the board of control and the bank, or in lieu thereof, the bank shall file with the board of control a surety bond to such board of control, properly executed by some reliable surety company qualified under the laws of this state to do business therein, in the maximum amount of deposits designated by said board to be carried in such bank, conditioned for the prompt and faithful payment thereof on checks drawn by the officer or agent fully authorized and designated by such board.
[ 1945 c 163 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 7525-41.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.100 - Audit of board's records.

RCW 87.68.100
Audit of board's records.
The state auditor shall audit the books, records and affairs of the board of control every two years, or at such other times as the board shall request, and the costs of the audit shall be paid by said board.
[ 1945 c 163 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 7525-42.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.110 - Costs, assessments for—Special funds—Investment of.

RCW 87.68.110
Costs, assessments for—Special funds—Investment of.
Each irrigation district which has or hereafter may enter into a contract with the United States providing for the operation and maintenance, by means of a board of control, of irrigation works used in common with other districts, shall include in the annual levy of assessments a sufficient amount to pay the annual estimated pro rata proportion of the costs chargeable to such district and also such reserve fund as may be fixed by the contract: PROVIDED, That any district may appropriate moneys from other funds to pay said costs.
When assessments are paid to the county treasurer for the board of control fund, they shall be deposited in a special fund, known as the "Board of Control Fund," and when assessments are paid to the county treasurer for the board of control reserve fund they shall be deposited in a special fund known as the "Board of Control Reserve Fund," and said funds may be disbursed only upon vouchers approved by a majority of the voting power of the members of the board of control, and the county auditor shall issue warrants for the payments of such claims which shall be payable out of the funds on which the same are drawn.
Any moneys in the "Board of Control Reserve Fund," when so requested by the board of control, shall be invested by the treasurer of said county and under the direction of said board of control in U.S. bonds or bonds of the state or any bonds pronounced by the treasurer of the state as valid securities for the deposit of public funds.
[ 1951 c 158 § 1; 1947 c 265 § 1; 1945 c 163 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7525-43.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.120 - Contract for use of canal.

RCW 87.68.120
Contract for use of canal.
Any irrigation district, city, town, or other water user or users whose lands are irrigated by water carried in works transferred by the United States to a board of control, are hereby authorized to enter into contract with another irrigation district whose lands are irrigated by water carried in the same canal to operate and maintain the main canal and other works known as transferred works, and to pay such district in a lump sum its pro rata proportion of the cost of maintenance and operation of such transferred works: PROVIDED, That the amount said pro rata proportion may be estimated and such estimated amount paid at the beginning of any year, and at the end of the year the board shall after determining the true pro rata amount of such user's cost, require such user to pay the balance, if any, of said true pro rata amount.
[ 1945 c 163 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 7525-44.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.130 - Contract with board to operate works.

RCW 87.68.130
Contract with board to operate works.
Any irrigation district, city, town, or other water user or users whose lands are irrigated by water carried in works transferred by the United States to a board of control are hereby authorized to enter into contract with the board of control for the operation and maintenance of the irrigation works within the district by the board of control and to pay such district in a lump sum the cost of maintenance and operation of such works within the district: PROVIDED, That the amount of the cost of operation of the works in the district may be estimated and the estimated amount paid to the board. At the end of each year the board shall, after determining the true amount of such costs of operation, require such district to pay the balance, if any, of such true amount.
[ 1945 c 163 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 7525-45.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.140 - Disposal of property authorized—Board may sue and be sued.

RCW 87.68.140
Disposal of property authorized—Board may sue and be sued.
Any such board of control shall have authority to be exercised by a majority of the voting power of the board to sell at such price and upon such terms as may be fixed by said board and any real or personal property owned by the board of control and to authorize the execution by the president and secretary of said board of a good and sufficient conveyance therefor, and said board may sue or be sued in any of the courts of this state without joining the person, corporation or district for whose benefit the suit may be prosecuted or defended.
[ 1947 c 265 § 2; 1945 c 163 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7525-46. Formerly RCW 87.68.070, part and 87.68.140.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Cf. Superior Court Civil Rules.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.76 - Association of Irrigation Districts. › 87.76.010 - Coordination of programs—Reports.

RCW 87.76.010
Coordination of programs—Reports.
The directors of the several irrigation districts in the state shall take such action as they deem necessary to effect coordination of their common programs for the economical and efficient operation of their districts and the reclamation of lands therein, and prepare reports annually for such operations.
[ 1947 c 193 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7505-10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.76 - Association of Irrigation Districts. › 87.76.020 - Coordinating agency—Expense, how defrayed.

RCW 87.76.020
Coordinating agency—Expense, how defrayed.
The directors of such irrigation districts may designate a statewide association dedicated to the promotion of irrigated agriculture as a coordinating agency in the execution of the duties imposed by this chapter, and pay dues or assessments, or both, to the association from district expense funds, and the several districts may levy assessments against the lands therein for this purpose. Such dues and assessments shall be paid only on vouchers approved by the board of directors of the contributing district in the manner provided for the approval of district vouchers generally. The total of such voucher claims for any district in any calendar year shall not exceed two percent of the total amount or its equivalent of the expense fund levy of the district for that year.
[ 1987 c 124 § 1; 1947 c 193 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7505-11.]
NOTES:
Claims, how paid: RCW 87.03.440.
Power as to incurring indebtedness: RCW 87.03.475.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.76 - Association of Irrigation Districts. › 87.76.030 - General powers of directors.

RCW 87.76.030
General powers of directors.
The board of directors of the several districts may effect the state organization herein contemplated and take such further and other action in behalf of their respective districts as they deem necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter, including support of and attendance at such meetings as may be required to promote and perfect the organization and to effect its purposes.
[ 1947 c 193 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7505-12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.76 - Association of Irrigation Districts. › 87.76.040 - Cooperation with other agencies authorized—Financial contributions—Contracts with public and private agencies.

RCW 87.76.040
Cooperation with other agencies authorized—Financial contributions—Contracts with public and private agencies.
To avoid duplication of effort the state association may, in the discretion of its officers, affiliate and cooperate with other organizations and agencies engaged in the furthering of reclamation of lands in the state and make financial contributions to them for such purpose. In carrying out the powers authorized by this chapter, the association of irrigation districts is authorized to enter into contracts with the federal government, the state, irrigation districts, boards of control, municipal or quasi-municipal corporations, cooperatives, other public or private agencies, and associate organizations. The association of irrigation districts is authorized to advance funds to promote the development and utilization of agricultural water and power resources and to employ the technical and professional assistance necessary to survey, plan, investigate, study, print, and publish information and literature to promote the development and utilization of such resources and provide and present data and information to members of congress, any committee of congress, and to other federal officials as an aid in securing needed legislation, contracts, and timely appropriations.
[ 1996 c 214 § 2; 1987 c 124 § 2; 1951 c 202 § 1; 1949 c 41 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.005 - Definitions.

RCW 87.80.005
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Area of jurisdiction" means all lands within the exterior boundary of the composite area served by the irrigation entities that comprise the board of joint control as the boundary is represented on the map filed under RCW 87.80.030.
(2) "Irrigation entity" means an irrigation district or an operating entity for a division within a federal reclamation project. For the purposes of this chapter, a water company, a water users' association, a municipality, a water right owner and user of irrigation water, or any other entity that provides irrigation water as a primary purpose, is an irrigation entity when creating or joining a board of joint control with an irrigation district or operating entity for a division within a federal reclamation project.
(3) "Joint use facilities" means those works, including reservoirs, canals, ditches, natural streams in which the irrigation entity has rights of conveyance under RCW 90.03.030, hydroelectric facilities, pumping stations, drainage works, reserved works as may be transferred by contracts with the United States, and system interties that are determined by the board of joint control to provide common benefit to its members.
(4) "Ownership interest" means the irrigation entity holds water rights in its name for the benefit of itself, its water users or, in federal reclamation projects, the irrigation entity has a contractual responsibility for delivery of water to its individual water users.
(5) "Source of water" means a hydrological distinct river and tributary system or aquifer system from which board of joint control member entities appropriate water.
[ 2003 c 306 § 1; 1996 c 320 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.010 - Board of joint control authorized.

RCW 87.80.010
Board of joint control authorized.
A board of joint control may be created as provided in this chapter to administer: (1) The construction, operation, maintenance, betterments, and regulations of the joint use facilities, including reservoirs, canals, hydroelectric facilities within the works of the irrigation water supply system, pumping stations, drainage works, reserved works, and system interconnections, of two or more irrigation entities which are the owners of, have an ownership interest in, or are trustees for owners of water rights having the same source or which use common works for the diversion and either transportation, or drainage, or both, of all or any part of their respective irrigation water supplies; and (2) activities and programs that promote more effective and efficient water management for the benefit of member entities of a board of joint control.
[ 1996 c 320 § 1; 1949 c 56 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.020 - Petition to create board required—Signatures—Filing.

RCW 87.80.020
Petition to create board required—Signatures—Filing.
(1) For the purpose of creating a board of joint control a petition signed by two or more entities that are owners of or hold an ownership interest in water rights having the same source of water or use common works for the diversion, transportation, or drainage of all or any part of their respective irrigation water supplies, must be filed with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater part of the land irrigated from the source of water supply is situated.
(2) The petition shall also be filed with the board of commissioners of each county containing lands irrigated from the source of water supply of the entities signing the petition. The board of county commissioners making the review under RCW 87.80.090 shall consider any comments of other boards of county commissioners provided within the public hearing and comment period on the petition.
[ 1996 c 320 § 3; 1949 c 56 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.030 - Form and contents of petition—Map.

RCW 87.80.030
Form and contents of petition—Map.
The petition for the creation of a board of joint control shall be addressed to the board of county commissioners, shall describe generally the relationship, if any, of the irrigation entities to an established federal reclamation project, the primary waterworks of the entities including reservoirs, main canals, hydroelectric facilities, pumping stations, and drainage facilities, giving them their local names, if any they have, and shall show generally the physical relationship of the lands being watered from the water facilities. However, lands included in any irrigation entity involved need not be described individually but shall be included by stating the name of the irrigation entity and all the irrigable lands in the irrigation entity named shall by that method be deemed to be involved unless otherwise specifically stated in the petition. Further, the petition must propose the formula for board of joint control apportionment of costs among its members, and may propose the composition of the board of joint control as to membership, chair, and voting structure. When a board of joint control includes irrigation entities other than an irrigation district or an operating entity for a division within a federal reclamation project as provided in RCW 87.80.005, the voting structure must be such that the votes apportioned to those entities are less than fifty percent of the total votes.
The petition shall also state generally the reasons for the creation of a board of joint control and any other matter the petitioners deem material, and shall allege that it is in the public interest and to the benefit of all the owners of the lands receiving water within the area of jurisdiction, that the board of joint control be created and request that the board of county commissioners consider the petition and take the necessary steps provided by law for the creation of a board of joint control. The petition shall be accompanied by a map showing the area of jurisdiction and the general location of the water supply and distribution facilities.
[ 2003 c 306 § 2; 1996 c 320 § 4; 1949 c 56 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.040 - Petition filed if regular in form—Hearing set.

RCW 87.80.040
Petition filed if regular in form—Hearing set.
Upon the filing of a petition for the creation of a board of joint control the board of county commissioners at a regular meeting or at a special meeting shall examine the petition and, if found regular in form, shall accept the same for filing, and shall fix a time and place for hearing said petition.
[ 1949 c 56 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.050 - Notice of hearing.

RCW 87.80.050
Notice of hearing.
Notice of the hearing on the petition shall be given by the clerk of the board of county commissioners by publishing the same, at the cost of the board of control, if created, otherwise at the cost of the petitioners, in the official newspaper of each county containing lands irrigated from the source of supply of the entities signing the petition. The notice shall be published in at least three weekly issues thereof. However, the time of the hearing shall not be less than thirty days from the date of the first publication of the notice. A copy of the notice shall be posted at the regular meeting place of the board of directors of each irrigation entity concerned in the granting or denial of the petition and a copy of the notice shall be mailed to the department of ecology at Olympia at least thirty days prior to the day of the hearing.
[ 1996 c 320 § 5; 1988 c 127 § 66; 1949 c 56 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-24.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.060 - Form and contents of notice.

RCW 87.80.060
Form and contents of notice.
The notice of the hearing on the petition shall state that a petition requesting the creation of a board of joint control to administer the facilities and activities, naming them if named in the petition, has been filed with the board of county commissioners of the county, naming the county; that the board of joint control, if it is created, will have authority to provide for apportionment of costs to carry out the objects of its creation among the member irrigation entities (naming them); shall state the day, hour, and place of the hearing on the petition; shall state that any person interested in the creation of the board of joint control may appear on or before the day of hearing on the petition, and show cause in writing, if any, why the same should not be granted, and the notice shall be over the name of the clerk of the board of county commissioners.
[ 1996 c 320 § 6; 1949 c 56 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-25.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.070 - Conduct and scope of hearing—Independent investigation authorized.

RCW 87.80.070
Conduct and scope of hearing—Independent investigation authorized.
The board of county commissioners, at the time and place mentioned in the notice of hearing or at the time or times to which the hearing on said petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all evidence submitted against and in support of the same. The board of county commissioners shall have full authority to adjourn the hearing from time to time not exceeding four weeks in all and to grant or reject the petition, and to determine the matter; any irregularities or omissions in the allegations of the petition shall not be held or construed to deprive the board of county commissioners of jurisdiction and authority to consider and determine the matter of any such petition accepted by it for consideration and said board of county commissioners shall have full authority to make such independent investigation of the matter of such petition as it shall deem advisable and to base its judgment on such independent investigation as well as upon the evidence submitted for and against the petition upon a hearing thereon as hereinafter provided.
[ 1949 c 56 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-26. Formerly RCW 87.80.070 and 87.80.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.090 - Creation of board of joint control—Resolution filed.

RCW 87.80.090
Creation of board of joint control—Resolution filed.
If the board of county commissioners determine[s] that the creation of a board of joint control is in the public interest, of benefit to the irrigation entities and individual water uses within those entities concerned, and will not be detrimental to water right interests outside the proposed board of joint control area of jurisdiction: Then the county board shall so find and adopt a resolution creating the board of joint control, designating it (name of county) County Joint Control Board No. (specify number), and the county board at the same time shall appoint the first members of the board of joint control based on the board composition proposed in the petition and the board of joint control shall consist of this membership. A copy of the resolution creating the board of joint control certified by the clerk of the county board shall be filed with the county assessor of the county in which the board of joint control was created and with the county assessor in any other county in the state in which any lands involved are situated, within five days after the resolution is adopted.
[ 1996 c 320 § 7; 1949 c 56 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-27.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.100 - Principal office, oaths, terms, of board—Representation on board.

RCW 87.80.100
Principal office, oaths, terms, of board—Representation on board.
The principal office and place of business of the board of joint control shall be at a place to be designated by the board in the county in which the board was created. Each member of the board before entering on the duties of his or her office shall subscribe a written oath for the faithful discharge of his or her duties as a member and file the oath with the county clerk of the county. The filing of the oath shall be without clerk's fee. The term of office of members of the board is for one year or a fraction thereof ending on the first Monday in March next following their selection and until their respective successors are selected as provided in this section. The term of the first members of the board shall also be as above stated. In January of each year the board of directors of each irrigation entity concerned shall designate in writing and deliver to the board of joint control, the name or names of the person or persons who constitute the entity's membership and who shall represent the entity on the board of joint control for the ensuing year. The persons designated under this section constitute the board of joint control for the year and until their respective successors are selected and have qualified. Any irrigation entity that fails to designate its representative and to file the same as provided in this section is not entitled to representation on the board unless and until the requirements are complied with.
[ 1996 c 320 § 8; 1949 c 56 § 9; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-28.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.110 - Organization of board—Meetings—Quorum.

RCW 87.80.110
Organization of board—Meetings—Quorum.
In the month of March, or another time as determined by the board of joint control, in each year the members of the board of joint control shall meet and organize as a board for the ensuing year and shall select a chair from their number and appoint a secretary who may, but need not, be a member of the board, and who shall keep a record of their proceedings, and perform other duties as the board prescribes. Business of the board shall be transacted at meetings thereof and a majority of the qualified membership of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and in all matters requiring action by the board there shall be a concurrence of at least a majority of the members present. However, if an alternative voting structure was proposed in the petition and adopted in the board of county commissioners' resolution, this structure will govern the voting procedures of the board of joint control. All meetings of the board shall be public.
[ 1996 c 320 § 9; 1949 c 56 § 10; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-29.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.120 - Compensation of board members and employees.

RCW 87.80.120
Compensation of board members and employees.
Each member of the board of joint control shall be compensated for services in accordance with the provisions of RCW 87.03.460. The amount must be fixed by resolution and entered in the minutes of the proceedings of the board. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid the secretary and all other agents and employees of the board.
[ 1996 c 320 § 10; 1949 c 56 § 11; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-30.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.135 - Board's limitations.

RCW 87.80.135
Board's limitations.
A board of joint control created under this chapter is limited to the membership, area of jurisdiction, and other terms and conditions contained in the resolution of the board of county commissioners filed under RCW 87.80.090. Amendments may be proposed at any time by the board of joint control to the board of county commissioners and acted upon through the petition process contained in RCW 87.80.030 through 87.80.090.
[ 1996 c 320 § 16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.160 - Entity's levy to include budget apportionment.

RCW 87.80.160
Entity's levy to include budget apportionment.
Immediately after final adoption of the budget the secretary of the board shall mail or deliver a copy thereof showing the apportionment of the charge to each irrigation entity, to the secretary of each irrigation entity coming under the jurisdiction of the board of joint control and it shall be the duty of each irrigation entity to include in its levy for the ensuing year, the amount apportioned and charged to it in the budget.
[ 1996 c 320 § 13; 1949 c 56 § 15; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-34.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.190 - Control fund created—Deposits and remittances.

RCW 87.80.190
Control fund created—Deposits and remittances.
There is created in the county treasurer's office of the county in which the board of joint control was created, a special fund to be designated Control Fund of the (naming the county) County Joint Control Board No. (specifying the number). The county treasurer shall distribute all collections for this fund to the control fund. The treasurer of any other county collecting assessments for this fund shall remit the assessments monthly to the county treasurer of the county in which the board of joint control was created. However, at the option of the board of joint control, a treasurer other than the county treasurer may be designated under RCW 87.03.440.
[ 1996 c 320 § 14; 1949 c 56 § 18; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-37.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.200 - Payments from control fund.

RCW 87.80.200
Payments from control fund.
When the county treasurer serves as treasurer for the board of joint control, the board of joint control shall issue vouchers for its operations against the control fund and the county treasurer shall pay out moneys from the fund upon warrants drawn by the county auditor of said county.
[ 1996 c 320 § 15; 1949 c 56 § 19; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7505-38.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.220 - Agencies under contract with federal government—Ability to participate in board.

RCW 87.80.220
Agencies under contract with federal government—Ability to participate in board.
An irrigation entity under contract with an agency of the federal government for the construction or operation of its irrigation system may not participate in a board of joint control under this chapter if this action is in conflict with provisions of the subject contract. If a responsible official of the federal agency notifies the board of county commissioners in writing on or before the day of hearing provided under RCW 87.80.060 of a conflict in contract provisions and evidences the conflict, the board of county commissioners must deny the irrigation entity's proposed participation. If subsequent to formation of a board of joint control, a judicial decision determines a conflict in contract conditions, the irrigation entity must not participate in a project or activity inconsistent with the court determination.
[ 1996 c 320 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.230 - Board created among entities using Yakima river and tributaries—Coordination with federal and state programs.

RCW 87.80.230
Board created among entities using Yakima river and tributaries—Coordination with federal and state programs.
A board of joint control created among irrigation entities utilizing waters of the Yakima river and tributaries shall, when undertaking water conservation projects, fully coordinate those projects with federal and state programs adopted under the Yakima river basin water enhancement project, P.L. 103-434. The projects shall be developed and implemented, consistent with the board's development schedule, within the framework of the Yakima river basin water enhancement project policies and procedures provided by the state and federal governments, as funds are available to the board of joint control for the projects. However, should there be no reasonable prospect of funding for construction by the federal and state government within three years of the date of the publication of the Yakima river basin conservation plan under P.L. 103-434, the board of joint control may pursue the projects under alternative funding programs and conditions.
[ 1996 c 320 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.900 - Effect of chapter on general water rights adjudications.

RCW 87.80.900
Effect of chapter on general water rights adjudications.
This chapter shall not affect the final decree of a general adjudication conducted under RCW 90.03.110 through 90.03.245.
[ 1996 c 320 § 23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.80 - Joint Control of Irrigation Districts. › 87.80.901 - Construction—2003 c 306.

RCW 87.80.901
Construction—2003 c 306.
The provisions of chapter 306, Laws of 2003 shall not be construed or interpreted to authorize the impairment of any existing water rights.
[ 2003 c 306 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.005 - Purpose—Districts authorized.

RCW 87.84.005
Purpose—Districts authorized.
The growing population of the state of Washington, coupled with increasing amounts of available leisure time have greatly expanded the need for and use of the larger lakes in the state of Washington, both by Washington state residents and guests from other states and countries. In order to make the use of such larger lakes safer, and more beneficial to all concerned, the state of Washington to further the health, safety, recreation and welfare of its citizens has authorized the conversion of certain irrigation districts to irrigation and rehabilitation districts.
[ 1963 c 221 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1963 c 221: "If any section, sentence, clause, or part of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act and each section, sentence, clause and part thereof despite the fact that one or more sections, clauses or parts thereof be declared unconstitutional." [ 1963 c 221 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.010 - Eligibility.

RCW 87.84.010
Eligibility.
Any irrigation district having the major portion of an inland navigable body of water within its exterior boundaries and which has filed with the department of ecology and been granted a water right certificate for fifty thousand acre feet of water or more shall be eligible to become an irrigation and rehabilitation district as provided in this chapter.
[ 1988 c 127 § 67; 1963 c 221 § 2; 1961 c 226 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1963 c 221: See note following RCW 87.84.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.020 - Petition to convert irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district, contents—Bond for costs.

RCW 87.84.020
Petition to convert irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district, contents—Bond for costs.
A petition to convert an existing irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district shall be signed by at least fifty holders of title or evidence of title to land within the district. The petition shall contain the following:
(1) The legal description of the property to be served.
(2) The signature and address of each petitioner, together with the legal description of the lands within the district owned by each.
(3) Any other matter deemed material.
The petition shall be accompanied by a bond, to be approved by the board, in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing the district, and conditioned that the bondsperson will pay all the costs if the organization is not effected.
[ 2007 c 218 § 80; 1961 c 226 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2007 c 218: See note following RCW 41.08.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.030 - Notice and hearing on petition.

RCW 87.84.030
Notice and hearing on petition.
A notice of hearing and a hearing on the petition shall be held as provided by RCW 87.03.020.
[ 1961 c 226 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.040 - Notice and election.

RCW 87.84.040
Notice and election.
A notice of election and election shall be held to determine whether the electors desire to convert the existing irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district.
The notice of election and election shall be governed by the applicable provisions of chapter 87.03 RCW relating to the original formation of districts.
[ 1961 c 226 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.050 - Purposes of organization.

RCW 87.84.050
Purposes of organization.
In addition to the purposes for which irrigation districts may be organized under RCW 87.03.010, an irrigation and rehabilitation district may also be organized or maintained to further the recreational potential of the area and to further the rehabilitation or improvement of inland lakes and shore lines and the modification or improvement of existing or planned control structures located in the district in order to further the health, recreation, and welfare of the residents in the area.
[ 1963 c 221 § 3; 1961 c 226 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1963 c 221: See note following RCW 87.84.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.060 - Directors—Powers, rights and authority of directors and district.

RCW 87.84.060
Directors—Powers, rights and authority of directors and district.
The directors of the irrigation and rehabilitation district shall be the same as of the irrigation district and the directors shall retain all power, rights and authority heretofore granted to them or hereafter granted to them as directors of an irrigation district under any provision of Title 87 RCW or any amendments thereto or any authority granted to directors of irrigation districts under any other law of the state of Washington. The irrigation and rehabilitation district shall also retain all power, rights and authority heretofore or hereafter granted to irrigation districts under Title 87 RCW or any other law or laws of the state of Washington, and use said power and authority including local improvement district provisions to further irrigation and rehabilitation district purposes and in addition shall have authority to rehabilitate or improve all or a portion of any inland body of water including adjacent shore lines located in the district and shall have the further power of modifying or improving any existing or planned water control structure located in the district in order to further the health, recreation, and welfare of the residents in the district.
All rights held by the irrigation district to water located wholly or partially in the district including but not limited to rights granted by the department of ecology shall upon formation of the irrigation and rehabilitation district immediately vest in the irrigation and rehabilitation district and in addition all water in the newly formed district as to which the prior district had any rights shall be held by the new district for all the beneficial uses and purposes for which the irrigation and rehabilitation district is formed.
[ 1988 c 127 § 68; 1963 c 221 § 4; 1961 c 226 § 7.]
NOTES:
Severability—1963 c 221: See note following RCW 87.84.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.071 - Special assessments inferior to existing city or town L.I.D. assessments.

RCW 87.84.071
Special assessments inferior to existing city or town L.I.D. assessments.
The special assessments provided for in RCW 87.84.070 shall be subject to and inferior to existing local improvement district assessments of any city or town which is included within the boundaries of an irrigation and rehabilitation district. The collection of local improvement district assessments of a city or town, and the right to foreclose the same when delinquent, shall not be impaired in any manner whatsoever by subsequent special assessments of an irrigation and rehabilitation district. In the event that the county treasurer forecloses on land located within the corporate limits of a city or town for nonpayment of irrigation and rehabilitation district assessments, the certificates of sale and the deeds issued pursuant to the foreclosure proceedings shall contain a recital that the certificate of sale and/or deed is subject to outstanding local improvement district assessments of the city or town.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 6 § 5.]
NOTES:
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.080 - Rules and regulations—Authorized—Publication—Hearing.

RCW 87.84.080
Rules and regulations—Authorized—Publication—Hearing.
The directors of an irrigation and rehabilitation district shall have the authority to pass rules and regulations to accomplish district purposes. The rules and regulations shall (except in case of emergency) be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and a public hearing shall be held prior to adoption by the directors, at a regular public meeting.
[ 1963 c 221 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1963 c 221: See note following RCW 87.84.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.090 - Rules and regulations—Violation as misdemeanor—Jurisdiction—Penalty—Review.

RCW 87.84.090
Rules and regulations—Violation as misdemeanor—Jurisdiction—Penalty—Review.
The directors may enact rules and regulations, the violation of which shall be punishable as a misdemeanor, and the district judges in said district shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such offenses. Penalty for violation shall not exceed a five hundred dollar fine or six months in jail: PROVIDED, That where a violation is designated a misdemeanor, the directors shall submit such rules and regulations to the county commissioners of the county or counties in which the district is located who shall review same and approve or disapprove thereof. Rules or regulations disapproved by county commissioners within thirty days of submission shall be of no force or effect.
[ 1987 c 202 § 246; 1963 c 221 § 7.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
Severability—1963 c 221: See note following RCW 87.84.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.100 - Rules and regulations—Sheriff to enforce.

RCW 87.84.100
Rules and regulations—Sheriff to enforce.
The sheriff's department of any county in which an irrigation and rehabilitation district is located shall enforce the rules and regulations of the district.
[ 1963 c 221 § 8.]
NOTES:
Severability—1963 c 221: See note following RCW 87.84.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.110 - Corporate powers and authority.

RCW 87.84.110
Corporate powers and authority.
An irrigation and rehabilitation district shall possess all the usual powers of a municipal corporation and shall have the authority to sue and enforce its rules and regulations.
[ 1963 c 221 § 9.]
NOTES:
Severability—1963 c 221: See note following RCW 87.84.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.84 - Irrigation and Rehabilitation Districts. › 87.84.120 - City, town, county, powers not restricted—Title 79 RCW not modified.

RCW 87.84.120
City, town, county, powers not restricted—Title 79 RCW not modified.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed so as to restrict the governing body of any city, town or county located on or adjacent to an inland body of water controlled by an irrigation and rehabilitation district from conducting or carrying out governmental or proprietary functions of said city, town or county: PROVIDED, That nothing herein shall be deemed to amend, repeal, supersede or otherwise modify any provisions of Title 79 RCW.
[ 1963 c 221 § 10.]
NOTES:
Severability—1963 c 221: See note following RCW 87.84.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 88 - Navigation and Harbor Improvements › RCW Dispositions › 88.08 SPECIFIC ACTS PROHIBITED

Sections
88.08.010 False manifest, etc.
[1909 c 249 § 383; RRS § 2635.]
Now codified as RCW 9.91.080.
88.08.040 Damage to vessel or cargo.
[1909 c 249 § 382; RRS § 2634.]
Now codified as RCW 9.91.070.
88.08.070 Failure to stop for law enforcement officer.
[1990 c 235 § 1.]
Recodified as RCW 88.12.110 pursuant to 1992 c 15 § 1.
88.08.080 Eluding a law enforcement vessel.
[1990 c 235 § 2.]
Recodified as RCW 88.12.120 pursuant to 1992 c 15 § 1.