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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.280 - Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts—Conclusiveness of roll when approved—Adjustments to assessments if other funds become available.

RCW 36.94.280
Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts—Conclusiveness of roll when approved—Adjustments to assessments if other funds become available.
Whenever any assessment roll for local improvements has been confirmed by the county legislative authority, the regularity, validity and correctness of the proceedings relating to the improvement and to the assessment therefor, including the action of the county legislative authority upon the assessment roll and the confirmation thereof, shall be conclusive in all things upon all parties, and cannot in any manner be contested or questioned in any proceeding by any person not filing written objections to the assessment roll in the manner and within the time provided in this chapter, and not appealing from the action of the county legislative authority in confirming the assessment roll in the manner and within the time in this chapter provided. No proceedings of any kind shall be commenced or prosecuted for the purpose of defeating or contesting any assessment, or the sale of any property to pay an assessment, or any certificate of delinquency issued therefor, or the foreclosure of any lien issued therefor: PROVIDED, That this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the bringing of injunction proceedings to prevent the sale of any real estate upon the grounds:
(1) That the property about to be sold does not appear upon the assessment roll, or
(2) That the assessment has been paid.
If federal, local, or state funds become available for a local improvement after the assessment roll has been confirmed by the county legislative authority, the funds may be used to lower the assessments on a uniform basis. Any adjustments to the assessments because of the availability of federal or state funds may be made on the next annual payment.
[ 1985 c 397 § 10; 1967 c 72 § 28.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.300 - Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts—Segregation of special assessment—Fee—Costs.

RCW 36.94.300
Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts—Segregation of special assessment—Fee—Costs.
Whenever any land against which there has been levied any special assessment by a county shall have been sold in part or subdivided, the board of county commissioners of such county shall have the power to order a segregation of the assessment.
Any person desiring to have such a special assessment against a tract of land segregated to apply to smaller parts thereof shall apply to the board of county commissioners which levied the assessment. If the board determines that a segregation should be made, they shall by resolution order the county treasurer to make segregation on the original assessment roll as directed in the resolution. The segregation shall be made as nearly as possible on the same basis as the original assessment was levied, and the total of the segregated parts of the assessment shall equal the assessment before segregation. The resolution shall describe the original tract, the amount and date of the original assessment, and shall define the boundaries of the divided parts and the amount of the assessment chargeable to each part. A certified copy of the resolution shall be delivered to the county treasurer who shall proceed to make the segregation ordered upon being tendered a fee of three dollars for each tract of land for which a segregation is to be made. In addition to such charge the board of county commissioners may require as a condition to the order of segregation that the person seeking it pay the county the reasonable engineering and clerical costs incident to making the segregation.
[ 1967 c 72 § 30.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.305 - Service fees for sewers not constructed within ten years after voter approval—Credit against future assessments, service charges.

RCW 36.94.305
Service fees for sewers not constructed within ten years after voter approval—Credit against future assessments, service charges.
See RCW 35.43.260.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.310 - Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Authorized.

RCW 36.94.310
Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Authorized.
Subject to the provisions of RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 a municipal corporation may transfer to the county within which all of its territory lies, all or part of the property constituting its system of sewerage, system of water or combined water and sewerage system, together with any of its other real or personal property used or useful in connection with the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, extension, or financing of that system, and the county may acquire such property on such terms as may be mutually agreed upon by the governing body of the municipal corporation and the legislative authority of the county, and approved by the superior court for such county.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.320 - Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Assumption of indebtedness.

RCW 36.94.320
Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Assumption of indebtedness.
In consideration of a transfer of property by a municipal corporation to a county in the manner provided in RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350, a county may assume and agree to pay or provide for the payment of all or part of the indebtedness of a municipal corporation including the payment and retirement of outstanding general obligation and revenue bonds issued by a municipal corporation. Until the indebtedness of a municipal corporation thus assumed by a county has been discharged, all property within the municipal corporation and the owners and occupants of that property, shall continue to be liable for taxes, special assessments, and other charges legally pledged to pay such indebtedness. The county may assume the obligation of causing the payment of such indebtedness, collecting such taxes, assessments, and charges and observing and performing the other contractual obligations of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority of the county may act in the same manner as the governing body of the municipal corporation for the purpose of certifying the amount of any property tax to be levied and collected therein, and may cause service and other charges and assessments to be collected from such property or owners or occupants thereof, enforce such collection and perform all other acts necessary to insure performance of the contractual obligations of the municipal corporation in the same manner and by the same means as if the property of the municipal corporation had not been acquired by the county.
When a county assumes the obligation of paying indebtedness of a municipal corporation and if property taxes or assessments have been levied and service and other charges have accrued for such purpose but have not been collected by the municipal corporation prior to such assumption, the same when collected shall belong and be paid to the county and be used by such county so far as necessary for payment of the indebtedness of the municipal corporation existing and unpaid on the date such county assumed that indebtedness. Any funds received by the county which have been collected for the purpose of paying any bonded or other indebtedness of the municipal corporation shall be used for the purpose for which they were collected and for no other purpose until such indebtedness has been paid and retired or adequate provision has been made for such payment and retirement. No transfer of property as provided in *this amendatory act shall derogate from the claims or rights of the creditors of the municipal corporation or impair the ability of the municipal corporation to respond to its debts and obligations.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 8.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: For codification of "this amendatory act" [1975 1st ex.s. c 188], see Codification Tables.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.330 - Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Transfer agreement.

RCW 36.94.330
Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Transfer agreement.
The governing body of a municipal corporation proposing to transfer all or part of its property to a county in the manner provided by RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 and the legislative authority of a county proposing to accept such property, and to assume if it so agrees any indebtedness of the municipal corporation in consideration of such transfer, shall adopt resolutions or ordinances authorizing respectively the execution of a written agreement setting forth the terms and conditions upon which they have agreed and finding the transfer and acquisition of property pursuant to such agreement to be in the public interest and conducive to the public health, safety, welfare, or convenience. Such written agreement may include provisions, by way of description and not by way of limitation, for the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of such municipal corporation and county with regard to the use and ownership of property, the providing of services, the maintenance and operation of facilities, the allocation of costs, the financing and construction of new facilities, the application and use of assets, the disposition of liabilities and indebtedness, the performance of contractual obligations, and any other matters relating to the proposed transfer of property, which may be preceded by an interim period of operation by the county of the property and facilities subsequently to be transferred to that county. The agreement may provide for a period of time during which the municipal corporation may continue to exercise certain rights, privileges, powers, and functions authorized to it by law including the ability to promulgate rules and regulations, to levy and collect special assessments, rates, charges, service charges and connection fees, and to adopt and carry out the provisions of a comprehensive plan, and amendments thereto, for a system of improvements and to issue general obligation bonds or revenue bonds in the manner provided by law, or the agreement may provide for the exercise for a period of time of all or some of such rights, privileges, powers, and functions by the county. The agreement may provide that either party thereto may authorize, issue and sell, in the manner provided by law, revenue bonds to provide funds for new water or sewer improvements or to refund or advance refund any water revenue, sewer revenue or combined water and sewer revenue bonds outstanding of either or both such parties. The agreement may provide that either party thereto may authorize and issue, in the manner provided by law, general obligation or revenue bonds of like amounts, terms, conditions and covenants as the outstanding bonds of either or both such parties and such new bonds may be substituted or exchanged for such outstanding bonds to the extent permitted by law.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.340 - Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Petition for court approval of transfer—Hearing—Decree.

RCW 36.94.340
Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Petition for court approval of transfer—Hearing—Decree.
When a municipal corporation and a county have entered into a written agreement providing for the transfer to such county of all or part of the property of such municipal corporation, proceedings may be initiated in the superior court for that county by the filing of a petition to which there shall be attached copies of the agreement of the parties and of the resolutions of the governing body of the municipal corporation and the legislative authority of the county authorizing its execution. Such petition shall ask that the court approve and direct the proposed transfer of property, and any assumption of indebtedness agreed to in consideration thereof by the county, after finding such transfer and acquisition of property to be in the public interest and conducive to the public health, safety, welfare, or convenience. Such petition shall be signed by the members of the legislative authority of the county or chief administrative officer of the municipal corporation and the chair of the legislative authority of the county, respectively, upon authorization by the governing body of the municipal corporation and the legislative authority of the county.
Within thirty days after the filing of the petition of the parties with copies of their agreement and the resolutions authorizing its execution attached thereto, the court shall by order fix a date for a hearing on the petition not less than twenty nor more than ninety days after the entry of such order which also shall prescribe the form and manner of notice of such hearing to be given. After considering the petition and such evidence as may be presented at the hearing thereon, the court may determine by decree that the proposed transfer of property is in the public interest and conducive to the public health, safety, welfare, or convenience, approve the agreement of the parties and direct that such transfer be accomplished in accordance with that agreement at the time and in the manner prescribed by the court decree.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4156; 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.350 - Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Dissolution of municipal corporation.

RCW 36.94.350
Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—Dissolution of municipal corporation.
In the event the agreement of the parties provides for the transfer to the county of all the property of the municipal corporation or all such property except bond redemption funds in the possession of the county treasurer from which outstanding bonds of the municipal corporation are payable, and the agreement also provides for the assumption and payment by the county of all the indebtedness of the municipal corporation including the payment and retirement of all its outstanding bonds, and if the petition of the parties so requests, the court in the decree approving and directing the transfer of property, or in a subsequent decree, may dissolve the municipal corporation effective as of the time of transfer of property or at such time thereafter as the court may determine and establish.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.360 - Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 deemed alternative method.

RCW 36.94.360
Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county—RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 deemed alternative method.
The provisions of RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 shall be deemed to provide an alternative method for the doing of the things therein authorized and shall not be construed as imposing any additional conditions upon the exercise of any other powers vested in municipal corporations or counties.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 188 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.370 - Waiver or delay of collection of tap-in charges, connection or hookup fees for low income persons.

RCW 36.94.370
Waiver or delay of collection of tap-in charges, connection or hookup fees for low income persons.
Whenever a county waives or delays collection of tap-in charges, connection fees or hookup fees for low income persons, or class of low income persons, to connect to a system of sewerage or a system of water, the waiver or delay shall be pursuant to a program established by ordinance.
[ 1980 c 150 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.390 - Local improvement bonds—Local improvement guaranty fund—Subrogation—Interest—Purchase of real property at foreclosure sales.

RCW 36.94.390
Local improvement bonds—Local improvement guaranty fund—Subrogation—Interest—Purchase of real property at foreclosure sales.
Whenever there is paid out of a guaranty fund any sum on account of principal or interest upon the local improvement bond, or on account of purchase of certificates of delinquency, the county, as trustee for the fund, shall be subrogated to all rights of the holder of the bonds, or interest coupons, or delinquent assessment installments, so paid; and the proceeds thereof, or of the assessment or assessments underlying the same, shall become a part of the guaranty fund. There shall also be paid into each guaranty fund the interest received from the bank deposits of the fund, as well as any surplus remaining in the local improvement funds guaranteed under this chapter, after the payment of all outstanding bonds payable primarily out of such local improvement funds. As among the several issues of bonds guaranteed by the fund, no preference exists, but defaulted interest coupons and/or bonds shall be purchased out of the fund in the order of their presentation.
The legislative authority of every county operating under the provisions of RCW 36.94.380 through 36.94.400 shall by resolution prescribe appropriate rules for the guaranty fund, not inconsistent with this chapter. So much of the money of a guaranty fund as is necessary and is not required for other purposes under the terms of RCW 36.94.380 through 36.94.400 may, at the discretion of the county legislative authority, be used to purchase property at county tax foreclosure sales or from the county after foreclosure in cases where such property is subject to unpaid local improvement assessments securing bonds guaranteed under this chapter and such purchase is deemed necessary for the purpose of protecting the guaranty fund. In such cases the fund shall be subrogated to all rights of the county. After so acquiring title to real property, the county may lease or resell and convey the property in the manner that county property is authorized to be leased or resold and for such prices and on such terms as may be determined by resolution of the county legislative authority. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, all proceeds resulting from such resales belong to and shall be paid into the guaranty fund.
[ 1981 c 313 § 8.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 313: See note following RCW 36.94.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.400 - Local improvement bonds—Local improvement guaranty fund—Claims by bondholders—Transfer of cash balance to water and/or sewer maintenance fund.

RCW 36.94.400
Local improvement bonds—Local improvement guaranty fund—Claims by bondholders—Transfer of cash balance to water and/or sewer maintenance fund.
Neither the holder nor the owner of any local improvement bonds guaranteed under the provisions of RCW 36.94.380 through 36.94.400 has any claim therefor against the county by which the bonds are issued, except for payment from the special assessments made for the improvement for which the local improvement bonds were issued, and except as against the local improvement guaranty fund of the county; and the county is not liable to any holder or owner of such local improvement bond for any loss to the guaranty fund occurring in the lawful operation thereof by the county. The remedy of the holder or owner of a local improvement bond, in the case of nonpayment, is confined to the enforcement of the assessment and to the guaranty fund. A copy of the foregoing part of this section shall be plainly written, printed, or engraved on each local improvement bond guaranteed by RCW 36.94.380 through 36.94.400. The establishment of a local improvement guaranty fund by any county shall not be deemed at variance from any water and/or sewerage general plan or amendment thereto heretofore adopted by such county.
If any local improvement guaranty fund authorized under RCW 36.94.380 through 36.94.400 at any time has a cash balance, and the obligations guaranteed thereby have all been paid off, then such balance shall be transferred to the water and/or sewer maintenance fund of the county.
[ 1981 c 313 § 9.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 313: See note following RCW 36.94.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.410 - Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district.

RCW 36.94.410
Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district.
A system of sewerage, system of water or combined water and sewerage systems operated by a county under the authority of this chapter may be transferred from that county to a water-sewer district in the same manner as is provided for the transfer of those functions from a water-sewer district to a county in RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.340.
[ 1999 c 153 § 51; 1984 c 147 § 1.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 c 153: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
Actions not subject to review by boundary review board: RCW 36.93.105.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.420 - Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district—Annexation—Hearing—Public notice—Operation of system.

RCW 36.94.420
Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district—Annexation—Hearing—Public notice—Operation of system.
If so provided in the transfer agreement, the area served by the system shall, upon completion of the transfer, be deemed annexed to and become a part of the water-sewer district acquiring the system. The county shall provide notice of the hearing by the county legislative authority on the ordinance executing the transfer agreement under RCW 36.94.330 as follows: (1) By mailed notice to all ratepayers served by the system at least fifteen days prior to the hearing; and (2) by notice in a newspaper of general circulation once at least fifteen days prior to the hearing.
In the event of an annexation under this section resulting from the transfer of a system of sewerage, a system of water, or combined water and sewer systems from a county to a water-sewer district, the water-sewer district shall operate the system or systems under the provisions of Title 57 RCW.
[ 1999 c 153 § 52; 1996 c 230 § 1609; 1985 c 141 § 1; 1984 c 147 § 2.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 c 153: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
Part headings not law—Effective date—1996 c 230: See notes following RCW 57.02.001.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.430 - Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district—Alternative method.

RCW 36.94.430
Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district—Alternative method.
The provisions of RCW 36.94.410 and 36.94.420 provide an alternative method of accomplishing the transfer permitted by those sections and do not impose additional conditions upon the exercise of powers vested in water-sewer districts and counties.
[ 1999 c 153 § 49; 1984 c 147 § 3.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—1999 c 153: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.440 - Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district—Decree by superior court.

RCW 36.94.440
Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district—Decree by superior court.
If the superior court finds that the transfer agreement authorized by RCW 36.94.410 is legally correct and that the interests of the owners of related indebtedness are protected, then the court by decree shall direct that the transfer be accomplished in accordance with the agreement.
[ 1984 c 147 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.450 - Water conservation programs—Issuance of revenue bonds.

RCW 36.94.450
Water conservation programs—Issuance of revenue bonds.
A county engaged in the sale or distribution of water may issue revenue bonds, or other evidence of indebtedness in the manner provided by this chapter for the purpose of defraying the cost of financing programs for the conservation or more efficient use of water. The bonds or other evidence of indebtedness shall be deemed to be for capital purposes.
[ 1992 c 25 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.460 - Water conservation programs—Counties authorized to provide assistance to water customers.

RCW 36.94.460
Water conservation programs—Counties authorized to provide assistance to water customers.
Any county engaged in the sale or distribution of water is hereby authorized, within limits established by the Constitution of the state of Washington, to assist the owners of structures that are provided water service by the county in financing the acquisition and installation of fixtures, systems, and equipment, for compensation or otherwise, for the conservation or more efficient use of water in the structures under a water conservation plan adopted by the county if the cost per unit of water saved or conserved by the use of the fixtures, systems, and equipment is less than the cost per unit of water supplied by the next least costly new water source available to the county to meet future demand. Except where otherwise authorized, assistance shall be limited to:
(1) Providing an inspection of the structure, either directly or through one or more inspectors under contract, to determine and inform the owner of the estimated cost of purchasing and installing conservation fixtures, systems, and equipment for which financial assistance will be approved and the estimated life-cycle savings to the water system and the consumer that are likely to result from the installation of the fixtures, systems, or equipment;
(2) Providing a list of businesses that sell and install the fixtures, systems, and equipment within or in close proximity to the service area of the county, each of which businesses shall have requested to be included and shall have the ability to provide the products in a workmanlike manner and to utilize the fixtures, systems, and equipment in accordance with the prevailing national standards;
(3) Arranging to have approved conservation fixtures, systems, and equipment installed by a private contractor whose bid is acceptable to the owner of the structure and verifying the installation; and
(4) Arranging or providing financing for the purchase and installation of approved conservation fixtures, systems, and equipment. The fixtures, systems, and equipment shall be purchased or installed by a private business, the owner, or the utility.
Pay back shall be in the form of incremental additions to the utility bill, billed either together with the use charge or separately. Loans shall not exceed two hundred forty months in length.
[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 5 § 2; 1992 c 25 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.470 - Storm or surface water drains or facilities—Annexation, incorporation of area by city or town—Imposition of rates and charges by county.

RCW 36.94.470
Storm or surface water drains or facilities—Annexation, incorporation of area by city or town—Imposition of rates and charges by county.
Whenever a city or town annexes an area, or a city or town incorporates an area, and the county has issued revenue bonds or general obligation bonds to finance storm or surface water drains or facilities that are payable in whole or in part from rates or charges imposed in the area, the county shall continue imposing all portions of the rates or charges that are allocated to payment of the debt service on bonds in that area after the effective date of the annexation or official date of the incorporation until: (1) The debt is retired; (2) any debt that is issued to refinance the underlying debt is retired; or (3) the city or town reimburses the county amount that is sufficient to retire that portion of the debt borne by the annexed or incorporated area. The county shall construct all facilities included in the stormwater plan intended to be financed by the proceeds of such bonds. If the county provides stormwater management services to the city or town by contract, the contract shall consider the value of payments made by property owners to the county for the payment of debt service.
The provisions of this section apply whether or not the bonds finance facilities that are geographically located within the area that is annexed or incorporated.
[ 1993 c 361 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.480 - Assumption of substandard water system—Limited immunity from liability.

RCW 36.94.480
Assumption of substandard water system—Limited immunity from liability.
A county assuming responsibility for a water system that is not in compliance with state or federal requirements for public drinking water systems, and its agents and employees, are immune from lawsuits or causes of action, based on noncompliance with state or federal requirements for public drinking water systems, which predate the date of assuming responsibility and continue after the date of assuming responsibility, provided that the county has submitted and is complying with a plan and schedule of improvements approved by the department of health. This immunity shall expire on the earlier of the date the plan of improvements is completed or four years from the date of assuming responsibility. This immunity does not apply to intentional injuries, fraud, or bad faith.
[ 1994 c 292 § 7.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—1994 c 292: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.490 - Cooperative watershed management.

RCW 36.94.490
Cooperative watershed management.
In addition to the authority provided in RCW 36.94.020, a county may, as part of maintaining a system of sewerage and/or water, participate in and expend revenue on cooperative watershed management actions, including watershed management partnerships under RCW 39.34.210 and other intergovernmental agreements, for purposes of water supply, water quality, and water resource and habitat protection and management.
[ 2003 c 327 § 9.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2003 c 327: See note following RCW 39.34.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.900 - Declaration of purpose.

RCW 36.94.900
Declaration of purpose.
This chapter is hereby declared to be necessary for the public peace, health, safety and welfare and declared to be a county purpose and that the bonds and special assessments authorized hereby are found to be for a public purpose.
[ 1967 c 72 § 33.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, Water, and Drainage Systems. › 36.94.910 - Authority—Liberal construction of chapter—Modification of inconsistent acts.

RCW 36.94.910
Authority—Liberal construction of chapter—Modification of inconsistent acts.
This chapter shall be complete authority for the establishment, construction and operation and maintenance of a system or systems of sewerage and/or water hereby authorized, and shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purpose. Any act inconsistent herewith shall be deemed modified to conform with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of this chapter only.
[ 1967 c 72 § 31.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.010 - Purpose.

RCW 36.95.010
Purpose.
The purposes of a television reception improvement district, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as "district", shall be to serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity in the construction, maintenance, and operation of television and FM radio translator stations, including appropriate electric or electronic devices for increasing television program distribution, but said purposes are not meant to include the construction or operation of television cable systems, commonly known and referred to as cable TV systems or CATV.
[ 1985 c 76 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.020 - Boundaries—Territory excluded.

RCW 36.95.020
Boundaries—Territory excluded.
A district's boundary may include any part or all of any county and may include any part or all of any incorporated area located within the county. A district's boundary may not include any territory already being served by a cable TV system (CATV) unless on August 9, 1971, there is a translator station retransmitting television signals to such territory.
[ 1991 c 363 § 98; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 2.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.030 - Petition to form—Contents.

RCW 36.95.030
Petition to form—Contents.
A petition to form a district may be presented to the board of county commissioners and such petition shall include: (1) A description of the purposes of the petition; (2) a description of the purposes and powers of the proposed district; (3) a description of the boundaries of the proposed district; and (4) the signatures of more than fifty percent of the registered voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed district.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.040 - Notice of text of petition, meeting where will be considered.

RCW 36.95.040
Notice of text of petition, meeting where will be considered.
If the board of county commissioners, with the assistance of other appropriate county officers, finds the petition filed under RCW 36.95.030 satisfies the requirements of that section, it shall cause the text of the petition to be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the county where the petition is presented. With the publication of the petition there shall be published a notice of the time, date, and place of the public meeting of the county commissioners when the petition will be considered, stating that persons interested may appear and be heard.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.050 - Resolution creating district.

RCW 36.95.050
Resolution creating district.
If after the public meeting or meetings on the petition, the board of county commissioners finds that creation of the proposed district would serve the public interest, the board shall adopt a resolution granting the petition and creating the district. Prior to adoption however, the board may amend the petition in the interest of carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.060 - District board—Duties—How constituted—Quorum—Officers—Filling vacancies.

RCW 36.95.060
District board—Duties—How constituted—Quorum—Officers—Filling vacancies.
The business of the district shall be conducted by the board of the television reception improvement district, hereinafter referred to as the "board". The board shall be constituted as provided under either subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
(1) The board of a district having boundaries different from the county's shall have either three, five, seven, or nine members, as determined by the board of county commissioners at the time the district is created. Each member shall reside within the boundaries of the district and shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners for a term of three years, or until his or her successor has qualified, except that the board of county commissioners shall appoint one of the members of the first board to a one-year term and two to two-year terms. There is no limit upon the number of terms to which a member may be reappointed after his or her first appointment. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but the majority vote of the board members shall be necessary for any action taken by the board. The board shall elect from among its members a chair and such other officers as may be necessary. In the event a seat on the board is vacated prior to the expiration of the term of the member appointed to such seat, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a person to complete the unexpired term.
(2) Upon the creation of a district having boundaries identical to those of the county (a countywide district), the county commissioners shall be the members of the board of the district and shall have all the powers and duties of the board as provided under the other sections of this chapter. The county commissioners shall be reimbursed pursuant to the provisions of RCW 36.95.070, and shall conduct the business of the district according to the regular rules and procedures applicable to meetings of the board of county commissioners.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4157; 1992 c 150 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.070 - District board—Reimbursement of members for expenses.

RCW 36.95.070
District board—Reimbursement of members for expenses.
Members of the board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed from district funds for any actual and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.080 - List of television set owners.

RCW 36.95.080
List of television set owners.
The board shall, on or before the first day of July of any given year, ascertain and prepare a list of all persons believed to own television sets within the district and deliver a copy of such list to the county treasurer.
[ 1988 c 222 § 1; 1981 c 52 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.090 - County budget provisions applicable to district—Financing budget.

RCW 36.95.090
County budget provisions applicable to district—Financing budget.
The provisions of chapter 36.40 RCW, relating to budgets, shall apply to the district. The budget of the district shall be financed by an excise tax imposed by the board, and described in RCW 36.95.100.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.100 - Tax levied—Maximum—Exemptions.

RCW 36.95.100
Tax levied—Maximum—Exemptions.
(1) The tax provided for in RCW 36.95.090 and this section may not exceed sixty dollars per year per television set within the district. No person may be taxed for more than one television set, except that a motel or hotel or any person owning more than five television sets must pay at a rate of one-fifth of the annual tax rate imposed for each of the first five television sets and one-tenth of the annual tax rate imposed for each additional television set.
(2) An owner of a television set within the district is exempt from paying the excise tax on the television set if:
(a) The owner's television set does not receive at least a class grade B contour signal retransmitted by the television translator station or other similar device operated by the district, as such class is defined under regulations of the Federal Communications Commission as of August 9, 1971;
(b) The owner is currently subscribing to and receiving the services of a community antenna system (CATV) to which the owner's television set is connected; or
(c) The owner is currently subscribing to and receiving the services of a satellite carrier, as that term is defined in 17 U.S.C. Sec. 119, as of January 1, 2013.
(3) To qualify for an exemption specified in subsection (2) of this section, an owner of a television set must file a statement with the board claiming the owner's grounds for an exemption. Space for the statement must be provided in tax notices sent to taxpayers pursuant to RCW 36.95.160.
[ 2013 c 191 § 1; 2009 c 549 § 4158; 1981 c 52 § 2; 1975 c 11 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.110 - Liability for delinquent tax and costs.

RCW 36.95.110
Liability for delinquent tax and costs.
Any person owing the excise tax provided for under this chapter and who fails to pay the same within sixty days after the board or the county treasurer has sent the tax bill to him or her, shall be deemed to be delinquent. Such person shall be liable for all costs to the county or district attributable to collecting the tax but no such excise tax or costs, nor any judgment based thereon, shall be deemed to create a lien against real property.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4159; 1981 c 52 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.120 - Prorating tax.

RCW 36.95.120
Prorating tax.
The board may adopt rules providing for prorating of tax bills for persons who have not owned a television set within the district for a full tax year.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.130 - District board—Powers generally.

RCW 36.95.130
District board—Powers generally.
In addition to other powers provided for under this chapter, the board has the following powers:
(1) To perform all acts necessary to assure that the purposes of this chapter will be carried out fairly and efficiently;
(2) To acquire, build, construct, repair, own, maintain, and operate any necessary stations retransmitting visual and aural signals intended to be received by the general public, relay stations, pickup stations, or any other electrical or electronic system necessary. However, the board has no power to originate programs;
(3) To make contracts to compensate any owner of land or other property for the use of such property for the purposes of this chapter;
(4) To make contracts with the United States, or any state, municipality, or any department or agency of those entities for carrying out the general purposes for which the district is formed;
(5) To acquire by gift, devise, bequest, lease, or purchase real and personal property, tangible or intangible, including lands, rights-of-way, and easements, necessary or convenient for its purposes;
(6) To make contracts of any lawful nature (including labor contracts or those for employees' benefits), employ engineers, laboratory personnel, attorneys, other technical or professional assistants, and any other assistants or employees necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;
(7) To contract indebtedness or borrow money and to issue warrants or bonds to be paid from district revenues. The bonds, warrants, or other obligations may be in any form, including bearer or registered as provided in RCW 39.46.030. Moreover, such warrants and bonds may be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW;
(8) To prescribe excise tax rates for providing services throughout the area in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
(9) To assist the county treasurer in sending tax notices to taxpayers pursuant to RCW 36.95.160; and
(10) To apply for, accept, and be the holder of any permit or license issued by or required under federal or state law.
[ 2013 c 191 § 2; 1985 c 76 § 2; 1983 c 167 § 102; 1980 c 100 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 13.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.140 - Signals district may utilize.

RCW 36.95.140
Signals district may utilize.
A district may translate or retransmit only those signals which originate from commercial and educational FM radio stations and commercial and educational television stations which directly provide, within some portion of the state of Washington, a class A grade or class B grade contour, as such classes are defined under regulations of the Federal Communications Commission as of August 9, 1971.
[ 1985 c 76 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.150 - Claims against district board—Procedure upon allowance.

RCW 36.95.150
Claims against district board—Procedure upon allowance.
Any claim against the district shall be presented to the board. Upon allowance of the claim, the board shall submit a voucher, signed by the chair and one other member of the board, to the county auditor for the issuance of a warrant in payment of said claim. This procedure for payment of claims shall apply to the reimbursement of board members for their actual and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4160; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.160 - District treasurer—Duties—District warrants.

RCW 36.95.160
District treasurer—Duties—District warrants.
(1) The treasurer of the county in which a district is located is the treasurer of the district.
(2) The county treasurer must collect the excise tax provided for under this chapter and send notice of payment due to persons owing the tax. To reduce costs of services performed by the county treasurer, district board members and employees may assist the treasurer in sending tax notices to taxpayers.
(3) Districts with fewer than twelve hundred persons subject to the excise tax and levying an excise tax of forty dollars or more per television set per year may:
(a) Send tax notices bimonthly; and
(b) Collect excise tax revenue, which must be forwarded to the county treasurer for deposit in the district account.
(4) All district funds must be deposited with the county treasurer. All district payments must be made by the county treasurer from district funds upon warrants issued by the county auditor, except the sums to be paid out of any bond fund for principal and interest payments on bonds. All warrants must be paid in the order of issuance.
(5) The treasurer must report monthly to the board, in writing, the amount in the district fund or funds.
[ 2013 c 191 § 3; 2009 c 549 § 4161; 1983 c 167 § 103; 1981 c 52 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 16.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.95 - Television Reception Improvement Districts. › 36.95.180 - Costs of county officers reimbursed.

RCW 36.95.180
Costs of county officers reimbursed.
(1) The board must reimburse the county auditor, assessor, and treasurer for the actual costs of services performed by them in behalf of the district.
(2) A district may reduce costs of services performed by the county treasurer by assisting the treasurer in sending tax notices to taxpayers pursuant to RCW 36.95.160.
[ 2013 c 191 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 155 § 18.]