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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.330 - Warrants presented for indorsement—When and how paid.

RCW 85.06.330
Warrants presented for indorsement—When and how paid.
All warrants issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be presented by the owners thereof to the county treasurer, who shall indorse thereon the day of presentation for payment, with the additional indorsement thereon, in case of nonpayment, that they are not paid for want of funds; and no warrant shall draw interest under the provisions of this chapter until it is so presented and indorsed by the county treasurer. And it shall be the duty of such treasurer, from time to time, when he or she has sufficient funds in his or her hands for that purpose, to advertise in the newspaper doing the county printing for the presentation to him or her for payment of as many of the outstanding warrants as he or she may be able to pay: PROVIDED, That thirty days after the first publication of said notice of the treasurer calling in any of said outstanding warrants said warrants shall cease to bear interest, which shall be stated in the notice. Said notice shall be published two weeks consecutively, and said warrants shall be called in and paid in the order of their indorsement.
[ 2013 c 23 § 397; 1986 c 278 § 30; 1895 c 115 § 33; RRS § 4333. Formerly RCW 85.04.170, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1986 c 278: See note following RCW 36.01.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.340 - Trial—Findings and forms of verdict.

RCW 85.06.340
Trial—Findings and forms of verdict.
Upon the trial of any questions of issue by a jury under the provisions of this chapter the trial court may, in its discretion, submit all questions to be found by the jury in the form of separate findings, or may submit to such jury separate forms of verdict on all such questions to be found by the jury therein.
[ 1895 c 115 § 34; RRS § 4334. Formerly RCW 85.04.205, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.350 - Public lands subject to assessment—Rights and liabilities of public corporations.

RCW 85.06.350
Public lands subject to assessment—Rights and liabilities of public corporations.
All state, county, school district or other lands belonging to other public corporations requiring drainage shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, and such corporations, by and through the proper authorities, shall be made parties in all proceedings herein affecting said lands, and shall have the same rights as private persons, and their lands shall be subject to the right of eminent domain the same as the lands of private persons or corporations.
[ 1895 c 115 § 35; RRS § 4335. Formerly RCW 85.04.110, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.360 - Assessments on public lands—How paid.

RCW 85.06.360
Assessments on public lands—How paid.
In case lands belonging to the state, county, school district or other public corporations are benefited by any improvement instituted under the provisions of this chapter, all benefits shall be assessed against such lands, and the same shall be paid by the proper authorities of such public corporation at the times and in the same manner as assessments are called and paid in case of private persons, out of any general fund of such corporation.
[ 1895 c 115 § 36; RRS § 4336. Formerly RCW 85.04.110, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.370 - Fees for service of process.

RCW 85.06.370
Fees for service of process.
Fees for service of all process necessary to be served under the provisions of this chapter shall be the same as for like services in other civil cases, or as is or may be provided by law.
[ 1895 c 115 § 37; RRS § 4337. Formerly RCW 85.04.200, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.390 - Improvement of watercourses—Preservation of vested rights.

RCW 85.06.390
Improvement of watercourses—Preservation of vested rights.
The whole or any portion of any natural watercourse, the whole or any portion of which lies within any district established under this chapter, or the whole or any portion of any ditch or drainage system already constructed or partially constructed prior to the passage of this chapter, may be improved and completed as a system under the provisions of this chapter: PROVIDED, That vested rights in any such watercourse acquired by appropriation of the water thereof for irrigation, mining or manufacturing purposes under existing law, shall not be disturbed.
[ 1903 c 38 § 1; 1895 c 115 § 39; RRS § 4339. Formerly RCW 85.04.650.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.400 - Powers of court—Injunctions.

RCW 85.06.400
Powers of court—Injunctions.
The superior court may compel the performance of the duties imposed by this chapter, and may, in its discretion, on proper application therefor, issue its mandatory injunction for such purpose.
[ 1895 c 115 § 40; RRS § 4340. Formerly RCW 85.04.755.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.500 - Extension or enlargement of system.

RCW 85.06.500
Extension or enlargement of system.
Whenever it shall appear to the board of commissioners of any drainage district now organized or that may be hereafter organized under the laws of the state of Washington, that existing drainage systems or improvements are inadequate or insufficient to properly drain the lands within said district or any portion or portions thereof, such commissioners shall have the power and they are hereby authorized to construct such additional system or systems or to extend, add to, or enlarge any existing system as in their judgment is necessary. In such event the procedure for the establishment of such additional system or extension of existing system and the manner and method of the payment of the cost of construction and maintenance of the same by the assessment of the lands particularly benefited thereby, as well as the obtaining of necessary rights-of-way shall be the same as that provided by existing laws for the establishment of the original drainage system within said district. In the exercise of any of the powers herein granted it shall be immaterial whether the outlet of any of the ditches, drains, or other necessary structures or appliances are to be located within or without the boundaries of said district. This section is intended to grant supplemental and additional powers to such drainage districts and shall not be construed to limit or repeal any existing powers of such districts, nor to repeal any existing laws relating thereto.
[ 1919 c 179 § 1; RRS § 4304. Formerly RCW 85.04.635.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.545 - Annexation of territory—Consolidation of special districts—Suspension of operations—Reactivation.

RCW 85.06.545
Annexation of territory—Consolidation of special districts—Suspension of operations—Reactivation.
Drainage districts may annex territory, consolidate with other special districts, and have their operations suspended and be reactivated, in accordance with chapter 85.38 RCW.
[ 1986 c 278 § 12.]
NOTES:
Severability—1986 c 278: See note following RCW 36.01.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.550 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped.

RCW 85.06.550
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped.
When any drainage district has been or shall be established and created under the provisions of an act of the legislature of the state of Washington, entitled "An act to provide for the establishment and creation of drainage districts, and the construction and maintenance of a system of drainage, and to provide for the means of payment thereof, and declaring an emergency", approved *March 20, 1895, and when the drainage commissioners of such district have employed surveyors or drafters, or legal assistance as provided in RCW 85.06.100, and have incurred expenses for the compensation of such surveyors, drafters, and legal assistance, and have issued to such surveyors, drafters, or persons rendering said legal assistance any warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidence of indebtedness for said expenses so incurred, and when such warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness remain outstanding and unpaid, and when from any cause no further proceedings are had as provided for in said act approved *March 20, 1895, within a reasonable time, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the county in which such drainage district is located to assess in accordance with the provisions of RCW 85.06.550 through 85.06.630, the lands constituting and embraced within such drainage district for the purpose of paying such outstanding warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, together with interest thereon.
[ 2013 c 23 § 398; 1903 c 67 § 1; RRS § 4492. Formerly RCW 85.04.710.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The act of "March 20, 1895" is chapter 115, Laws of 1895, the basic drainage district law, codified as Part I of chapter 85.06 RCW as it has been amended and added to.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.560 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice to present claims—Registration.

RCW 85.06.560
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice to present claims—Registration.
The county auditor of any county in which such drainage district is located upon the written request of any holder or owner of any such warrant, order, voucher, or other evidence of indebtedness, mentioned in the preceding section, shall forthwith cause to be published in the newspaper doing the county printing, if any such there be, and if not, then in some newspaper of general circulation in the county, a notice directing any and all holders or owners of any such warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, to present the same to him or her, at his or her office, for registration within ninety days from the date of the first publication of such notice; and such notice shall be published once a week for six consecutive weeks. Said notice shall be directed to all holders and owners of warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the drainage commissioners of the particular district giving its name and number, and shall designate the character of the warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, the registration of which is called for by said notice. Upon the presentation to him or her of such warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, the county auditor shall register the same in a separate book to be kept for that purpose, showing the date of registration, the date of issue, the purpose of issue when the same is shown upon the face, the name of the person by whom presented, and the face value thereof. Any such warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, not presented within the time prescribed in such notice, shall not share in the benefits of RCW 85.06.550 through 85.06.630, and no assessment or reassessment shall thereafter be made for the purpose of paying the same.
[ 2013 c 23 § 399; 1903 c 67 § 2; RRS § 4493. Formerly RCW 85.04.715.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.570 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Petition to court for assessment—Contents.

RCW 85.06.570
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Petition to court for assessment—Contents.
At any time after the expiration of the time within which warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, may be registered as provided in the preceding section, the holder or owner of any such registered warrant, order, voucher, or other evidence of indebtedness, may for himself or herself and in behalf of all other holders or owners of such registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness, file a petition in the superior court of the county in which such drainage district is located praying for an order directing the publication and posting of the notice hereinafter provided for, and for a hearing upon said petition, and for an order directing the board of county commissioners to assess the lands embraced within said drainage district for the purpose of paying such registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness and the costs of the proceedings provided for in RCW 85.06.550 through 85.06.630. Said petition shall set forth:
(1) That said drainage district was duly established and created, giving the time.
(2) The facts in connection with the expenses incurred by the drainage commissioners in the employment of surveyors, drafters, or legal assistance and the issuance of such registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness.
(3) The facts in connection with the compliance with the provisions of RCW 85.06.550 through 85.06.630.
(4) A list of such registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness showing the names of owners or holders, the amounts, the date of issuance, the purpose for which issued, when shown upon the face thereof, and the date of presentation for payment, respectively.
[ 2013 c 23 § 400; 1903 c 67 § 3; RRS § 4494. Formerly RCW 85.04.720.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.580 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing to be fixed—Order for publication of notice.

RCW 85.06.580
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing to be fixed—Order for publication of notice.
Upon the filing of such petition it shall be the duty of the judge of the said superior court to fix a time for a hearing of said petition, which time shall be not less than sixty days from the time of the filing of said petition, and to enter an order directed to the sheriff of the said county ordering said sheriff to cause to be published and posted the notice as provided for in the next succeeding section.
[ 1903 c 67 § 4; RRS § 4495. Formerly RCW 85.04.725.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.590 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice—Contents, publication, etc.

RCW 85.06.590
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice—Contents, publication, etc.
Upon the issuance of the order as provided for in the next preceding section it shall be the duty of the sheriff of said county to post, at the courthouse of said county and at three public places in said drainage district, and to cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in said county a notice of the time and place fixed by said order of court for the hearing of said petition. Said notice shall contain a statement that said petition has been filed as above provided for, that the said court has fixed a time and place for the hearing of said petition, which time and place shall be stated in said notice, a brief statement of the object of said proceeding upon said petition, a statement of the issuance of the said order of court directing the posting and publishing of said notice, a statement that all persons having any interest in any land in such drainage district, describing the same by its corporate name, may at or before the time fixed for said hearing appear and file objections or exceptions to the granting of the prayer of said petition: A statement that upon the hearing of said petition in case no objections or exceptions have been filed in said proceeding, or in case any objections or exceptions filed be not sustained, and that the allegations of said petition are proven to the satisfaction of the court an order will be entered in accordance with the prayer of said petition. That said notice shall be signed by the sheriff of said county.
[ 1903 c 67 § 5; RRS § 4496. Formerly RCW 85.04.730.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.600 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing—Order for levy—Costs.

RCW 85.06.600
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing—Order for levy—Costs.
At the time and place fixed in said order for the hearing of said petition, or at such time to which the court may continue said hearing, the court shall proceed to a hearing upon said petition and upon any objections or exceptions which have been filed thereto. And upon it appearing to the satisfaction of the court from the proofs offered in support thereof that the allegations of said petition are true, the said court shall ascertain the total amount of said registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness with the accrued interest and the costs of said proceedings, and thereupon the said court shall enter an order directing the board of county commissioners to levy a tax upon all the real estate within said drainage district exclusive of improvements, taking as a basis the last equalized assessment of said real estate for state and county purposes, sufficient to pay said outstanding registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness with interest as aforesaid and the costs of said proceeding, and the cost of levying said tax, and further directing the county auditor to issue a warrant on the county treasurer to the petitioner for the costs advanced by him or her in such proceeding, which shall be paid in the same manner as the said registered warrants, orders, vouchers, or other evidences of indebtedness.
[ 2013 c 23 § 401; 1903 c 67 § 6; RRS § 4497. Formerly RCW 85.04.735.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.610 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Certification of order to tax levying officers.

RCW 85.06.610
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Certification of order to tax levying officers.
The clerk of said superior court shall certify the said order to the board of county commissioners, and to the county auditor and upon receipt of said order by said board it shall proceed forthwith to execute said order, and upon said levy being made it shall be extended upon the tax rolls, certified and collected at the same time, in the same manner as other special district taxes.
[ 1903 c 67 § 7; RRS § 4498. Formerly RCW 85.04.740.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.620 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Dismissal of petition.

RCW 85.06.620
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Dismissal of petition.
If upon said hearing the court shall find that the petitioner is not entitled to an order granting the prayer of said petition the court shall enter an order dismissing said petition and taxing the costs against said petitioner.
[ 1903 c 67 § 8; RRS § 4499. Formerly RCW 85.04.745.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.630 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Appellate review.

RCW 85.06.630
Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Appellate review.
From any final order entered by the said superior court as above provided for, any party to said proceeding feeling himself or herself aggrieved thereby may seek appellate review, as provided by the general appeal law of this state.
[ 2013 c 23 § 402; 1988 c 202 § 74; 1903 c 67 § 9; RRS § 4500. Formerly RCW 85.04.750.]
NOTES:
Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.640 - Additional improvements—Authorized—Change in plans.

RCW 85.06.640
Additional improvements—Authorized—Change in plans.
Whenever in the judgment of the commissioners of any drainage district general benefits to the entire district will accrue therefrom, or the general plan for improvement as adopted by such district will be more fully or properly carried out thereby, the board of commissioners of such district is hereby given and granted authority and power to do the following things:
(1) Straighten, widen, deepen, improve, or alter the course of or discontinue the use and maintenance of, or abandon any existing drains or ditches in said district, and when abandoned or discontinued, the right-of-way may be held or disposed of by said district in the discretion of the commissioners;
(2) Dig or construct any additional and auxiliary drains or ditches therein;
(3) Obtain, improve, or alter any existing reservoirs, spillways or outlets;
(4) Lease, acquire, build, or construct additional, new, or better reservoirs, spillways, and outlets;
(5) Lease, acquire, erect, build, or construct and operate any pumping plant and acquire equipment necessary therefor;
(6) Divert, dam, or carry off the waters of any stream or water endangering or damaging said district and protect against damage or flood from any waters whatsoever; and
(7) Implement the provisions of a drainage maintenance plan adopted by the district.
PROVIDED, That in carrying out such powers, said commissioners shall not be authorized under RCW 85.06.640 through 85.06.700 to tap new sources of water which have other outlets and do not endanger the system or property of such district.
[ 2008 c 77 § 1; 1941 c 133 § 1; 1935 c 170 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4342-1. Formerly RCW 85.04.610.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.650 - Additional improvements—Methods of payment.

RCW 85.06.650
Additional improvements—Methods of payment.
To pay for any work done under RCW 85.06.640 through 85.06.700, or matters incident thereto, the commissioners of said district may use any money raised or to be raised by collection of any unexhausted balance of assessed benefits as theretofore established upon the lands of said district and/or by assessments for maintenance, levied as provided by law; or they may issue warrants of such district redeemable by levies which shall be added to the annual cost of the maintenance of said system and be paid from the maintenance fund from time to time; or they may combine such methods of payment.
[ 1935 c 170 § 2; RRS § 4342-2. Formerly RCW 85.04.625.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.670 - Additional improvements—Acquisition, sale of property—Contracts to share expense.

RCW 85.06.670
Additional improvements—Acquisition, sale of property—Contracts to share expense.
In carrying out the foregoing powers, or any other powers possessed by the board of commissioners of such district, said board shall have authority to acquire by lease, contract, private purchase, or purchase at any sale, any real or personal property and to sell any real or personal property, or any part thereof, owned by said district when they find that the usefulness thereof to such district has ceased. Such board shall also have authority to enter into contracts with any other diking and/or drainage district, person, public or municipal corporation, flood control district, state, or the United States, with reference to sharing the costs or expenses of improvements for said district or the protection thereof, and bind its district by such contract.
[ 1935 c 170 § 4; RRS § 4342-4. Formerly RCW 85.04.615.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.680 - Additional improvements—Private property not to be taken without compensation.

RCW 85.06.680
Additional improvements—Private property not to be taken without compensation.
In carrying out any of the foregoing powers, said district shall not impair, damage, injure, or take any private property or interest therein, or vested rights, without just compensation being paid.
[ 1935 c 170 § 5; RRS § 4342-5. Formerly RCW 85.04.605, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.690 - Additional improvements—Right of eminent domain.

RCW 85.06.690
Additional improvements—Right of eminent domain.
In carrying out any of the foregoing powers, or any powers possessed by said district, it shall have the right of eminent domain to acquire any property or rights or interest therein, within or outside of the district, necessary for the use of such district for the construction and maintenance of any ditches, drains, dikes, dams, spillways, outlets, necessary appliances and structures in connection with the operation, alteration, enlargement, extension, or protection of its drainage system. The procedure for exercising the right of eminent domain shall be that provided by law for private corporations.
[ 1935 c 170 § 6; RRS § 4342-6. Formerly RCW 85.04.605, part.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain by corporations generally: Chapter 8.20 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.700 - Additional improvements—Powers are additional—"Drainage district" defined.

RCW 85.06.700
Additional improvements—Powers are additional—"Drainage district" defined.
The powers and rights *herein granted are additional to, but not in substitution of, existing rights or powers of drainage districts. Drainage district as used *herein shall mean a regularly established drainage, or drainage improvement district, combined diking and drainage improvement district, or drainage district exercising combined diking and drainage power.
[ 1935 c 170 § 7; RRS § 4342-7. Formerly RCW 85.04.630.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: "herein" appears in chapter 170, Laws of 1935, codified as RCW 85.06.640 through 85.06.700.
Severability—1935 c 170: "If any section, provision, or subdivision of a section of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudgment shall not affect the validity of the act as a whole, or any other section, subdivision, or provision thereof." [ 1935 c 170 § 8.] This applies to RCW 85.06.640 through 85.06.700.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.710 - Costs in excess of estimate—Authorized—Warrants validated.

RCW 85.06.710
Costs in excess of estimate—Authorized—Warrants validated.
Whenever any drainage district has been organized, established and created since January 1st, 1911, and extending to January 1st, 1921, in the manner provided by law, and the board of commissioners of such district have been authorized to proceed with the work of constructing a system of drainage for such district in the manner provided by law and have begun such work and expended the whole, or the major portion of the estimated cost of such improvement, and it shall have appeared to such board of commissioners that such improvement could not be completed within the estimated cost thereof so as to produce the benefits to the lands of the district found by the jury to be benefited by the proposed improvement without expending a greater sum than the estimated cost of such improvement and that the benefits which would actually accrue to the lands of the district would be sufficient to warrant the increased expenditure necessary to complete the improvement, and such board of commissioners shall have incurred indebtedness in the name of the district to such an amount as would complete the authorized system of drainage for the benefit of the lands of the district found by the jury to be benefited by the proposed improvement, and issued the warrants of the district to cover the additional cost of completing such improvement all warrants heretofore issued for such purposes are hereby declared to be valid and legal obligations of the district so issuing the same.
[ 1921 c 187 § 1; RRS § 4460.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.720 - Costs in excess of estimate—Petition to reopen original proceedings—Damages and benefits.

RCW 85.06.720
Costs in excess of estimate—Petition to reopen original proceedings—Damages and benefits.
Whenever the board of commissioners of any drainage district shall have heretofore issued any warrants of the district for the purpose of completing a system of drainage for such district so as to produce the benefits to the lands of the district found by the jury to be benefited by the proposed improvement as provided in the preceding section, and the total estimated maximum benefits found by the jury that would accrue to the lands of the district by reason of such proposed improvement are not sufficient to cover the actual cost of such improvement, including the cost of completing the same as hereinabove provided, the board of commissioners of such district shall file a petition in the superior court in the original proceeding for the determination of the damages and benefits to accrue from the proposed improvement, setting forth the facts, describing the lands that have been, in the judgment of the commissioners, actually benefited by the completed improvement, stating the estimated amount of benefits per acre that have accrued to each tract of land respectively, giving the name of the owner or reputed owner of such tract of land, and praying that the original proceedings be opened for further proceedings for the purpose of determining the benefits which have accrued to each tract of land actually benefited by the completed improvement. If the said board of commissioners fail or refuse to file such petition within sixty days after receipt of a written request so to do, signed by any warrant-holder, then the said warrant-holder shall have the right to file same.
[ 1921 c 187 § 2; RRS § 4461.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.730 - Costs in excess of estimate—Summons on petition—Contents—Service—Answer.

RCW 85.06.730
Costs in excess of estimate—Summons on petition—Contents—Service—Answer.
Upon the filing of the petition provided for in the preceding section, summons shall issue thereon and be served on the owners of all lands described in the petition as having been benefited, in the same manner as summons is issued and served in the original proceedings for the determination of damages and benefits by reason of a proposed drainage improvement, as near as may be. No answer to any such petition shall be required unless the party served with summons desires to offset damages claimed to have been actually sustained by reason of the completed improvement in addition to the damages found by the jury in the original proceeding, and no default judgment shall be taken for failure to answer any such petition.
[ 1921 c 187 § 3; RRS § 4462.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.740 - Costs in excess of estimate—Hearing by jury—Verdict.

RCW 85.06.740
Costs in excess of estimate—Hearing by jury—Verdict.
Upon the issues being made up, or upon the lapse of time within which the parties served are required to appear by any summons issued as provided in the preceding section, the court shall empanel a jury to hear and determine the matters in issue, and if the jury shall find that the matters set forth in the petition are true and that any of the lands of the district have been benefited by the completed improvement, after offsetting any additional damages found to have been sustained by reason thereof, it shall determine and assess the benefits which have actually accrued, and shall specify in its verdict the respective amount of benefits per acre, if any, assessed to each particular tract of land, by legal subdivisions.
[ 1921 c 187 § 4; RRS § 4463.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions. › 85.06.750 - Costs in excess of estimate—Judgment—Appellate review.

RCW 85.06.750
Costs in excess of estimate—Judgment—Appellate review.
Upon the return of the verdict of the jury as provided in the preceding section, if it shall appear to the court that the total benefits found by the jury to have accrued to the lands of the district is equal to or exceeds the actual cost of the improvement including the increased cost of completing the same, the court shall enter its judgment in accordance therewith, as supplemental to and in lieu of the original decree fixing the benefits to the respective tracts of land, and thereafter the assessment and levy for the original cost of the construction of the improvement, including the indebtedness incurred for completing the improvement together with interest at the legal rate on the warrants issued therefor, and all assessments and levies if any, for the future maintenance of the drainage system described in the judgment shall be based upon the respective benefits determined and assessed against the respective tracts of land as specified in the judgment. Every person or corporation feeling himself or herself or itself aggrieved by any such judgment may seek appellate review within thirty days after the entry thereof, and such review shall bring before the appellate court the propriety and justness of the verdict of the jury in respect to the parties to the proceeding.
[ 2013 c 23 § 403; 1988 c 202 § 76; 1971 c 81 § 161; 1921 c 187 § 5; RRS § 4464.]
NOTES:
Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.010 - Lease of equipment authorized—Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 85.07.010
Lease of equipment authorized—Disposition of proceeds.
The commissioners of any diking or drainage district organized under the laws of this state, shall have power and authority to rent any machinery, tools or equipment belonging to such district, to any individual or corporation for hire under such conditions regarding the care and maintenance thereof as the commissioners may determine; and all sums of money received for the rent thereof shall be paid into the county treasury, to the credit of the district.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 30 § 18; 1917 c 104 § 1; RRS § 4517. Formerly RCW 85.04.215.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.040 - Benefit to public road, how paid.

RCW 85.07.040
Benefit to public road, how paid.
Whenever, upon the trial to fix and assess the benefits and damages resulting from the construction of any diking or drainage system under the laws of this state, the jury shall find by its verdict that any public or county road will be benefited from the construction of such improvement, the clerk of the court in which such trial is had shall, upon the entry of the judgment upon such verdict, certify to the board of county commissioners of the county in which such road is situated the amount of benefits to such road so found and adjudged. The said county commissioners shall, upon the receipt of such certified statement, allow the same as for other road work and shall order the amount thereof to be paid out of the road and bridge fund of the road district in which the road so benefited is situated, and shall direct the auditor of said county to issue a warrant for the amount of such benefits against the road and bridge fund of such road district in favor of the county treasurer of said county. The said county treasurer shall, upon the payment of said warrant, place the proceeds therefrom to the credit of the drainage or diking district from which such benefits resulted.
[ 1909 c 194 § 1; RRS § 4314. Formerly RCW 85.04.085, part.]
NOTES:
Counties to contribute for benefit to road: RCW 85.24.240.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.050 - Basis of supplemental assessments.

RCW 85.07.050
Basis of supplemental assessments.
Any additional assessments for the construction of any diking or drainage system, and also all assessments for the maintenance of same shall be based upon the benefits so found and adjudged, and the proportion of benefits resulting to such public or county road therefrom, on such basis, shall be allowed and paid for by such county in the same manner as in the case of the original construction.
[ 1909 c 194 § 2; RRS § 4315. Formerly RCW 85.04.085, part and 85.04.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.060 - Funding bonds—Authority to issue.

RCW 85.07.060
Funding bonds—Authority to issue.
(1) Any board of commissioners of any diking or drainage district may, at any time, without petition and on its own motion, issue bonds of such district for the purpose of funding any outstanding warrants of such district. No bonds so issued shall be sold for less than their par value. They may be sold at public or private sale. Any department or agency of the state of Washington having power to invest funds is hereby authorized and empowered to use the same to buy such bonds.
(2) Such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 1983 c 167 § 189; 1935 c 103 § 1; RRS § 4459-11. Formerly RCW 85.04.140, part.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.070 - Funding bonds—Form, term, execution, interest.

RCW 85.07.070
Funding bonds—Form, term, execution, interest.
(1) Said bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one upwards and shall be in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars each. They shall bear the date of issue, shall be made payable in not more than ten years from the date of their issue, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates as authorized by the board of commissioners, payable annually. The bonds may be in any form, including bearer bonds or registered bonds as provided in RCW 39.46.030. The bonds and any coupon shall be signed by the chair of the board of commissioners of each district and shall be attested by the secretary of said board. The seal, if any, of such district shall be affixed to each bond, but it need not be affixed to any coupon.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, such bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
[ 2013 c 23 § 404; 1983 c 167 § 190; 1970 ex.s. c 56 § 91; 1969 ex.s. c 232 § 53; 1935 c 103 § 2; RRS § 4459-12. Formerly RCW 85.04.145.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Purpose—1970 ex.s. c 56: See note following RCW 39.52.020.
Validation—Saving—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 232: See notes following RCW 39.52.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.090 - Funding bonds—Outstanding warrants due when sale proceeds received—Call.

RCW 85.07.090
Funding bonds—Outstanding warrants due when sale proceeds received—Call.
All outstanding warrants of such district so sought to be redeemed shall become due and payable immediately upon receipt by the county treasurer of the money from the sale of said bonds; and upon a call of such outstanding warrants or obligations issued by him or her, the same shall cease to draw interest at the end of thirty days after the date of the first publication of such call. The call shall be made by the treasurer by publishing notice thereof for two consecutive weeks in the county paper authorized to do the county printing. The notice shall designate the number of each warrant sought to be redeemed.
[ 2013 c 23 § 405; 1935 c 103 § 4; RRS § 4459-14. Formerly RCW 85.04.175.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.100 - Funding bonds—Exchange for warrants.

RCW 85.07.100
Funding bonds—Exchange for warrants.
Said bonds may be exchanged at not less than their par value for an equal amount of the outstanding warrants of the district issuing such bonds.
[ 1935 c 103 § 5; RRS § 4459-15. Formerly RCW 85.04.140, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.110 - Funding bonds—Assessments for payment—Special fund.

RCW 85.07.110
Funding bonds—Assessments for payment—Special fund.
It shall be the duty of the commissioners of such district annually to levy assessments sufficient to pay interest on such bonds as they fall due. They may at any time levy such additional assessment as they deem best to redeem and retire such bonds. Commencing not less than five years before the due date of such bonds, they shall determine the number of equal annual levies necessary to retire such bonds at maturity, and annually thereafter levy an assessment sufficient to liquidate all of said bonds by maturity. Such levies for interest and redemption of the bonds shall be added to the annual cost of the maintenance of the diking or drainage system of said district. Such assessments shall be collected by the county treasurer and kept as a special fund for the sole purpose of paying interest upon and liquidating said bonds.
[ 1983 c 167 § 192; 1935 c 103 § 6; RRS § 4459-16. Formerly RCW 85.04.160, part.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.120 - Funding bonds—Call—Payment.

RCW 85.07.120
Funding bonds—Call—Payment.
It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of each county in which there may be a district issuing bonds under the provisions of RCW 85.07.060 through 85.07.120, whenever he or she has on hand one thousand dollars over and above interest requirements in the special fund for the payment of said bonds and interest, to advertise in the newspaper doing the county printing, for the presentation to him or her for payment of as many of the bonds issued under the provisions of RCW 85.07.060 through 85.07.120 as he or she may be able to pay with the funds in his or her hands. The bonds shall be redeemed and paid in their numerical order, beginning with bond No. 1 and continuing until all of said bonds are paid. The treasurer's call for presentation and redemption of such bonds shall state the number of the bond or bonds so called. Thirty days after the first publication of said notice of the treasurer calling any of said bonds by their numbers, such bonds shall cease to bear interest, and the notice of call shall so state. If any bond so called is not presented, the treasurer shall hold in said fund until presentation of such bond is made, the amount of money sufficient to redeem the same with interest thereon to the date interest was terminated by such call.
[ 2013 c 23 § 406; 1935 c 103 § 7; RRS § 4459-17. Formerly RCW 85.04.150.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.130 - Civil action to strike land from assessment roll—Costs.

RCW 85.07.130
Civil action to strike land from assessment roll—Costs.
Whenever any piece of land in any diking or drainage district in this state shall cease to be susceptible to benefit from the diking and/or drainage improvement of such district, the owner thereof may bring civil action in the superior court of the county wherein such property is situated, against the board of commissioners of such district in their official capacity, to have such property stricken from the assessment roll for such district. The procedure shall be that of other civil actions, except no judgment for costs shall be entered against such district in such proceedings.
[ 1935 c 102 § 1; RRS § 4360-1. Formerly RCW 85.04.180.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 85 - Diking and Drainage › Chapter 85.07 - Miscellaneous Diking and Drainage Provisions. › 85.07.140 - Civil action to strike land from assessment roll—Court decree—Subsequent restoration to rolls, procedure.

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