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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds. › 87.52.040 - Vote required—Petition to court—Notice and publication of hearing—Court order.

RCW 87.52.040
Vote required—Petition to court—Notice and publication of hearing—Court order.
If three-fifths of the votes cast at any election under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 shall contain the words "Disorganize, Yes," then the board of directors shall present to the superior judge of the county in which said irrigation district is located an application for an order of said superior court that such irrigation district be declared disorganized and dissolved, and that its affairs be liquidated and wound up, as provided for in RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, and reciting that at an election of such irrigation district, held as provided in RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, three-fifths of the votes cast contained the words "Disorganize, Yes," and such petition shall be certified to by the directors of said district. They shall also file with said superior court a statement, sworn to by the directors of said irrigation district, showing all outstanding indebtedness of said irrigation district, or if there be no such indebtedness, then the directors shall make oath to that effect. Notice of said application shall be given by the clerk, which notice shall set forth the nature of the application, and shall specify the time and place at which it is to be heard, and shall be published in a newspaper of the county printed and published nearest to said irrigation district, once each week for four weeks, or if no newspaper is published in the county, by publication in the newspaper nearest thereto in the state. At the time and place appointed in the notice, or at any other time to which it may be postponed by the judge, he or she shall proceed to consider the application, and if satisfied that the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 have been complied with he or she shall enter an order declaring said irrigation district dissolved and disorganized.
[ 2013 c 23 § 518; 1897 c 79 § 4; RRS § 7529. Formerly RCW 87.52.040 and 87.52.050. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1939 c 149 § 3, part; RRS § 7527-3, part, now codified in RCW 87.52.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds. › 87.52.060 - Board of directors as trustees—Duties—Records to be delivered to clerk.

RCW 87.52.060
Board of directors as trustees—Duties—Records to be delivered to clerk.
Upon the disorganization of any irrigation district under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, the board of directors at the time of the disorganization shall be trustees of the creditors and of the property holders of said district for the purpose of collecting and paying all indebtedness of said district, in which actual construction work has been done, and shall have the power to sue and be sued. It shall be the duty of said board of directors, and they shall have the power and authority, to levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay all such indebtedness, which tax shall be levied and collected in the manner prescribed by law for the levying and collection of taxes of irrigation districts. Any balance of moneys of said district remaining over after all outstanding indebtedness and the cost of the proceedings under RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 have been paid shall be divided and refunded to the assessment payers in said irrigation district, to each in proportion to the amount contributed by him or her to the total amount of assessments collected by said district. Said board of directors shall report to the court from time to time as the court may direct, and upon a showing to the court that all indebtedness has been paid, an order shall be entered discharging said board of directors. Upon the entry of such order said board of directors and all the officers of said district shall deliver over to the clerk of said court all books, papers, records, and documents belonging to said district, or under their control as officers thereof: PROVIDED, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to validate or authorize the payment of any indebtedness of said district exceeding the legal limitation of indebtedness specified by law for irrigation districts; or any indebtedness contracted by such irrigation district or its officers without lawful authority.
[ 2013 c 23 § 519; 1897 c 79 § 5; RRS § 7530.]
NOTES:
Assessments, levy and collection of taxes: RCW 87.03.240 through 87.03.305.
Powers as to incurring indebtedness: RCW 87.03.475.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds. › 87.52.070 - Dissolution when not brought under irrigation for twenty years.

RCW 87.52.070
Dissolution when not brought under irrigation for twenty years.
Any irrigation district of the state of Washington, now existing or hereafter organized, which has no bonded indebtedness outstanding, and which has been in existence for more than twenty years without having secured the irrigation of any of its lands, may be disorganized and its business and affairs liquidated and wound up in the manner hereinafter provided.
[ 1939 c 149 § 1; RRS § 7527-1. Formerly RCW 87.52.020, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds. › 87.52.080 - Petition.

RCW 87.52.080
Petition.
A petition signed by twenty-five or more holders of title or evidence of title to lands within said district who shall be qualified electors, reciting the fact that said district has no bonded indebtedness, has been in existence for more than twenty years, and has secured no irrigation for any of its lands, and praying that said district be disorganized under the provisions of RCW 87.52.070 through 87.52.090, shall be delivered to the secretary of the board of directors of said district or to one of the directors thereof.
[ 1939 c 149 § 2; RRS § 7527-2. Formerly RCW 87.52.020, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.52 - Dissolution of Districts Without Bonds. › 87.52.090 - Election—Procedure when three-fifths vote for disorganization.

RCW 87.52.090
Election—Procedure when three-fifths vote for disorganization.
Upon the delivery of said petition, as aforesaid, the board of directors of said district, the secretary thereof, and all other officials provided by law, shall call, notice, conduct and canvass an election, and if three-fifths of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the disorganization of the district, shall proceed with the disorganization of the district, all in the manner, with the same powers and with the same force and effect and in accordance with RCW 87.52.030 through 87.52.060.
[ 1939 c 149 § 3; RRS § 7527-3. Formerly RCW 87.52.030, part and 87.52.040, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 87.53.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
Actions taken under chapter 87.53 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 § 68.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.010 - Dissolution authorized—Consent of bondholders recorded.

RCW 87.53.010
Dissolution authorized—Consent of bondholders recorded.
An irrigation district may be dissolved and its affairs liquidated as herein prescribed. If there are outstanding bonds of the district the acknowledged uniform consent in writing of at least two-thirds in amount of the holders of the bonds must be recorded in the office of the auditor of the county in which the district board has its office.
[ 1951 c 237 § 1. Prior: 1899 c 102 §§ 1, 2; RRS §§ 7531, 7532.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: For prior laws on this subject see 1899 c 102; RRS §§ 7531-7543.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.020 - Bondholders' consent necessary—Offer to buy district property.

RCW 87.53.020
Bondholders' consent necessary—Offer to buy district property.
The acknowledged uniform written consent of one hundred percent of the holders of bonds may provide for cancellation of part of the bonds and for the manner and terms of payment of the balance. The bondholders may also make a firm offer for all property and rights of the district, except property in the district sold for taxes and district assessments, to be paid for by turning over for cancellation an appropriate amount in bonds with accrued interest.
[ 1951 c 237 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.030 - Petition for dissolution.

RCW 87.53.030
Petition for dissolution.
At least one-third of the electors of the district shall sign and file with the auditor a petition, reciting the substance of the uniform text of the bondholders' consent, that the consent has been filed, and praying that the district be dissolved and its affairs liquidated.
[ 1951 c 237 § 3. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 3; RRS § 7533.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.040 - Election to be called.

RCW 87.53.040
Election to be called.
The board of commissioners of the county shall at their present or next regular meeting, call an election to submit to the electors of the district the question of whether the district shall be so dissolved. They shall direct the auditor to give notice of the election and shall appoint the election officials.
[ 1951 c 237 § 4. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 5; RRS § 7535.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.050 - Manner of calling, noticing, conducting election—Ballot—Qualification of electors.

RCW 87.53.050
Manner of calling, noticing, conducting election—Ballot—Qualification of electors.
The election shall be called upon the same notice and conducted in like manner as other elections of the district: PROVIDED, That when the bondholder's consent to dissolution provides for an adjustment of the bonded debt and/or the terms and method of its payment the notice of election shall recite the substance thereof.
The ballot shall contain the words "For dissolution, Yes" and "For dissolution, No." No person not a qualified elector under the general election laws and a freeholder of the district shall be deemed a qualified elector under this chapter.
[ 1951 c 237 § 5. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 4; RRS § 7534.]
NOTES:
District elections: RCW 87.03.030 through 87.03.110.
Qualification of voters: RCW 87.03.045.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.060 - Election returns, effect—Records to auditor.

RCW 87.53.060
Election returns, effect—Records to auditor.
The election officials shall file with the auditor the returns within ten days of the election, and at their next meeting the commissioners shall canvass the returns, and if a majority of the votes cast favor dissolution, the commissioners shall declare the election carried. All records of the district shall, upon demand, be delivered to the auditor.
[ 1951 c 237 § 6. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 6; RRS § 7536.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.070 - Transcript of proceedings—Financial statement.

RCW 87.53.070
Transcript of proceedings—Financial statement.
The auditor shall deliver to the county clerk a certified copy of the transcript of the proceedings of the commissioners on the matter together with a statement of the district's cash assets, segregated as to the bond fund and the total of all other funds, and a statement of the debts of the district as they appear on the records, taking into account any reduction in bond debt offered by the bondholders in their consent to dissolution; also a general inventory of the district property segregated only as to main classes, together with any offer for same submitted in the bondholders' consent to dissolution.
[ 1951 c 237 § 7. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 7; RRS § 7537.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.080 - Proceedings docketed in court—Notice to file claims—Claims barred, when.

RCW 87.53.080
Proceedings docketed in court—Notice to file claims—Claims barred, when.
The clerk shall docket the proceedings entitled "In the matter of the dissolution of . . . . . . irrigation district," and the court shall direct the clerk to give notice thereof. The notice shall contain a general statement of the nature of the proceedings, and notify all persons having claims against the district to present them on or before a day specified therein, and shall be published once a week for at least six weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Any claim not so filed shall be barred.
[ 1985 c 469 § 91; 1951 c 237 § 8. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 8; RRS § 7538.]
NOTES:
Official paper for publication: RCW 87.03.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.090 - Determination of claims—Court order—Appeal.

RCW 87.53.090
Determination of claims—Court order—Appeal.
If the court finds that the provisions of this chapter have been complied with, it shall then determine the validity and amount of the claims so filed. No claim barred by the statute of limitations shall be allowed. It shall separately determine the validity and amount of outstanding bonds with accrued interest, making allowances for any offer of adjustments contained in the bondholders' consent to dissolution, and shall order that all cash in the district's bond fund together with the proceeds from a sale of all the property and rights of the district shall be first applied to the redemption of outstanding bonds with interest; that other cash funds of the district be applied on payment of valid unsecured claims, and the remainder on the redemption of any balance of outstanding bonds with interest. The court shall further order that in the event the district's cash funds together with proceeds from the sale of district property and rights shall prove insufficient to discharge all valid obligations of the district, one or more annual assessments shall be made against the assessable property in the district, as herein provided, sufficient in amounts to discharge all valid debt. The district or any person affected by the judgment may appeal therefrom within ten days of the entry of judgment.
[ 1951 c 237 § 9. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 9; RRS § 7539.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.100 - Trustee—Appointment—Compensation—Bond.

RCW 87.53.100
Trustee—Appointment—Compensation—Bond.
Upon the entry of final judgment, the court shall issue an order appointing a trustee for the district and shall deliver to him or her a certified copy of the order. The court shall fix the compensation of the trustee and the amount of his or her bond to be obtained at the cost of the district.
[ 2013 c 23 § 520; 1951 c 237 § 10. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 10, part; RRS § 7540, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.110 - Sale of district assets.

RCW 87.53.110
Sale of district assets.
The trustee shall give notice that all the property and rights of the district, except property in the district sold for taxes or district assessments, will be sold pursuant to order of the court. The notice shall be given in the same manner and for the same time as for sale of real property on execution, except that it need not be posted.
The sale shall be made at public auction at the front door of the courthouse and may be adjourned from time to time not exceeding three weeks in all, by public announcement at the time and place of the sale.
Any claim established by the previous judgment of the court or any securities of the district may be accepted at face value on the purchase price: PROVIDED, That any offer made in the bondholders' written consent to dissolution shall be considered a bid and shall be accepted in the absence of a better offer. No bid shall be considered nor shall any sale be made for less than all the property and rights of the district. The trustee shall forthwith disburse the cash funds of the district in accordance with the order of the court.
[ 1951 c 237 § 11. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 10, part; RRS § 7540, part.]
NOTES:
Executions: Chapter 6.17 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.120 - Report of sale—Rights of purchasers.

RCW 87.53.120
Report of sale—Rights of purchasers.
The trustee shall file with the clerk a report of the disposition made of the cash funds and of the sale and if the court finds the sale was fairly conducted, it shall enter an order confirming the sale, and the trustee shall execute and deliver to the purchaser an instrument conveying to him or her all property and rights of the district, free from all claims of the district or its creditors, which shall entitle the purchaser to immediate possession.
[ 2013 c 23 § 521; 1951 c 237 § 12. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 11; RRS § 7541.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.130 - Order of dissolution—Effect.

RCW 87.53.130
Order of dissolution—Effect.
Upon verification of the disposition of the cash funds and confirmation of the sale the court shall enter an order dissolving the district and discharging the trustee, and a certified copy of the order shall be recorded in the office of the auditor. Thereupon the district shall cease to exist, except for the purpose of collecting its indebtedness. All records of the proceedings shall be delivered to the auditor.
[ 1951 c 237 § 13. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 13; RRS § 7543.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.140 - Assessments for unpaid obligations.

RCW 87.53.140
Assessments for unpaid obligations.
Upon the dissolution of the district the county commissioners shall determine from the records the remaining bond and other indebtedness of the district, and shall determine the proper number of annual assessments, not over five, necessary to discharge the debt. They shall cause the county assessor to prepare the annual assessment roll for the lands in the district, based upon the acreages shown on the last district assessment roll. The commissioners shall levy annual assessments, not exceeding five, upon all property in the district assessed for the bond fund on the district's last assessment roll and according to the ratios of benefits there shown, sufficient to pay any remaining claims, including bonds. They shall levy and equalize the assessments, after the same notice of hearing as are required of district directors on irrigation assessments. The county auditor shall perform the duties of the secretary of the district and the county treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer of the district and shall collect the assessments. In all other respects the general irrigation district laws shall govern.
Any funds remaining after all assessments have been collected and all indebtedness and costs liquidated shall be paid over to the bondholders in cases where they have accepted a compromise settlement. Otherwise the surplus shall be distributed as by law provided.
[ 1951 c 237 § 14. Prior: 1899 c 102 § 12; RRS § 7542.]
NOTES:
General irrigation district laws: Chapter 87.03 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.53 - Dissolution of Districts With Bonds. › 87.53.150 - State's consent to dissolution.

RCW 87.53.150
State's consent to dissolution.
Whenever any bonds of the district are held in the state reclamation revolving account, and, in the opinion of the director of ecology, the district is or will be unable to meet its obligations, and that the state's investment can be best preserved by the dissolution of the district the director may give his or her consent to dissolution under such stipulations and adjustments of the indebtedness as he or she deems best for the state.
[ 2013 c 23 § 522; 1988 c 127 § 62; 1951 c 237 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.

RCW 87.56.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
Actions taken under chapter 87.56 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 § 69.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.010 - When district insolvent—Election to dissolve.

RCW 87.56.010
When district insolvent—Election to dissolve.
In all instances where fifty percent of the acreage within an irrigation district has been sold to the district on account of delinquent district assessments, and more than one year has elapsed since the sale of said property to the district without redemption by the owners thereof, and the district is unable to raise sufficient revenue to meet its obligations when the same become due and payable, such district shall be deemed insolvent and the district board shall have authority to call an election in the district to determine whether the district shall discontinue operation and dissolve: PROVIDED, That in case there are bonds of the district outstanding, written consent of the holders of at least fifty-one percent in amount of such outstanding bonds shall be obtained by the district board before calling said election: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That if any portion of such outstanding bonds are owned by the state of Washington the board of directors of such district shall give written notice to the director of ecology of the intention of the board of directors to call such election, and unless the director of ecology shall sign written objection to the calling of such election within ten days after the giving of such notice the state shall be deemed as consenting thereto.
Said election shall be called, shall be conducted and the results canvassed in the same manner substantially provided by law for a bond election in the district.
[ 1988 c 127 § 63; 1931 c 60 § 11; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 1; RRS § 7543-1.]
NOTES:
Bonds, election for: RCW 87.03.200.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.020 - Majority vote—Action for dissolution.

RCW 87.56.020
Majority vote—Action for dissolution.
If a majority of the votes cast at said election is in favor of dissolution of the district, the district board shall institute an action in the superior court of the county in which the office of the board is located to determine the indebtedness of the district and to adopt a plan of appropriating the available resources of the district to the satisfaction of such indebtedness as in this chapter provided.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 2; RRS § 7543-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.030 - Powers of court.

RCW 87.56.030
Powers of court.
The superior court in the exercise of its jurisdiction in matters of this kind shall have full authority to determine the indebtedness of the district and to determine the status and priorities thereof in accordance with the laws of the state relating to irrigation districts, shall have power to apportion the obligation of such indebtedness against the district and the several lands included therein; the court may award process and cause to come before it all persons whom it may deem necessary to examine and have and cause to be issued all such writs as may be proper or necessary, and do all things proper or incidental to the exercise of such jurisdiction.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 3; RRS § 7543-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.040 - Service of process.

RCW 87.56.040
Service of process.
Such action shall be one in rem and personal service of process shall not be required to be made on any interested person: PROVIDED, That the court shall be authorized in proper instances to order issuance and personal service of process specifying such time for appearance as the court shall require, AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That any owner of land within the district or any creditor of the district or their respective attorneys may file with the receiver provided for in this chapter, a written request that his or her name and address be placed on the receiver's mailing list and thereafter the receiver shall mail to such person at his or her given address at least ten days' written notice of all subsequent hearings before the court. Personal service of said notice may be made in any instance in lieu of mailing at the option of the receiver.
[ 2013 c 23 § 523; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 4; RRS § 7543-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.050 - Complaint—Contents.

RCW 87.56.050
Complaint—Contents.
The complaint in said action shall recite the holding of the election and the result thereof and shall give in general terms a summary of the district assets and the amount and character of its obligations and the maturities thereof; shall state that the district desires to discontinue operation and dissolve its corporate existence and shall pray that the court take the necessary steps to effect such an object.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 5; RRS § 7543-5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.060 - Notice of hearing—Publication.

RCW 87.56.060
Notice of hearing—Publication.
The court shall thereupon fix a time and place for a hearing of the complaint and notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which any lands in the district are located.
[ 1985 c 469 § 92; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 6; RRS § 7543-6. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 7; RRS § 7543-7, now codified as RCW 87.56.065.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.065 - Hearing—Decree—Receiver.

RCW 87.56.065
Hearing—Decree—Receiver.
At the time and place fixed in the notice the court shall hear the objections of interested persons and shall determine whether the district is insolvent within the provisions of this chapter and whether the district shall be dissolved. If the court concludes that the district shall not dissolve, the court shall so find and dismiss the action. If the court concludes that the district should be dissolved, the court shall appoint a receiver to take charge of the district assets and to perform such other duties as may be required by the court or by law.
[ 2004 c 165 § 45; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 7; RRS § 7543-7. Formerly RCW 87.56.060, part.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—2004 c 165: See notes following RCW 7.60.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.100 - Unmatured claims—Acceleration.

RCW 87.56.100
Unmatured claims—Acceleration.
If the owner or holder of a claim of indebtedness against the district not yet due or matured files a claim in any case in which a receiver is appointed under RCW 87.56.065, the maturity of the indebtedness owing to the person by the district shall be accelerated to such date as the court shall determine upon.
[ 2004 c 165 § 46; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 12; RRS § 7543-12.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—2004 c 165: See notes following RCW 7.60.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.160 - Liquidation—Assessments to pay remaining debts.

RCW 87.56.160
Liquidation—Assessments to pay remaining debts.
In the execution of a plan of liquidation, the court shall have authority to order the sale of any or all of the district property or the exchange of any of the district property for any evidence of district indebtedness in accordance with the rights of the district and of all the creditors concerned, and if upon the exhaustion of the district property in the payment of the district indebtedness including the costs of dissolution and receivership proceedings, any district indebtedness remain undischarged, the court shall have authority to order district assessments against the lands included within the operation of the district to continue to be made in accordance with the rights of the persons interested in the manner provided by law to pay the remaining indebtedness until sufficient revenue has been raised to pay fully all the obligations of the district.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 21; RRS § 7543-21.]
NOTES:
Assessments, levies: RCW 87.03.240 through 87.03.305.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.170 - Judgment upon stipulation—Payment.

RCW 87.56.170
Judgment upon stipulation—Payment.
Upon stipulation of the owners of lands within the district, and holders of bond liens against said lands, and the district creditors concerned, the court shall have authority in such proceedings in lieu of the plan of liquidation set forth in RCW 87.56.160, to determine the amount of the district indebtedness remaining after the exhaustion of the district property and the proportion thereof which each ownership of land within the district shall be obligated to pay, and judgment may be rendered in favor of the respective creditors against the several lands concerned. Said judgment may in the discretion of the court provide that the payment thereof shall be made by the landowners in one or more annual installments not to exceed ten in all with annual interest on all unpaid installments at such rate as the court shall fix not in excess of the rate to which the respective creditors may be entitled in their original evidences of indebtedness.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 22; RRS § 7543-22. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 27; RRS § 7543-27, now codified as RCW 87.56.205.]
NOTES:
Prerequisite to judgment upon stipulation: RCW 87.56.205.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.180 - Trustee for creditors—Bond—Duties.

RCW 87.56.180
Trustee for creditors—Bond—Duties.
The judgment shall also name a trustee to be nominated by the creditors representing a majority of the indebtedness who shall give bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and the strict accounting of all funds received by him or her in such amount as the court shall determine, and who shall have authority to receive payment on account of said judgment and to satisfy said judgment against the several lands at the time payment thereon is made by the landowners in proportion to the amount of said payment. When any landowner shall make full payment of the amount of the judgment apportioned against his or her land, he or she shall be entitled to full satisfaction thereof of record.
[ 2013 c 23 § 524; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 23; RRS § 7543-23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.190 - Enforcement of judgment.

RCW 87.56.190
Enforcement of judgment.
In case any landowner fails to pay the judgment against his or her land or any installment thereof, when the same shall become due and payable, said judgment may be enforced by the trustee named in the decree in the manner provided by law for the enforcement of judgments in the superior court, and the costs of execution and sale shall be charged to the defaulting land.
[ 2013 c 23 § 525; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 24; RRS § 7543-24.]
NOTES:
Enforcement of judgments: Title 6 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.200 - Distribution of funds—Court to retain jurisdiction.

RCW 87.56.200
Distribution of funds—Court to retain jurisdiction.
The trustee named in the decree shall make distribution of all funds collected on account of said decree in such manner as the creditors shall agree upon, or in case of disagreement, then in such manner as the court shall direct, and jurisdiction of the court in the dissolution proceedings shall continue until full disbursement of funds collected on account of said judgment has been made to the judgment creditors.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 25; RRS § 7543-25.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.203 - Compensation of trustee.

RCW 87.56.203
Compensation of trustee.
The trustee named in the decree shall receive such compensation for his or her services as the court shall determine to be paid at such times as the court shall fix from funds collected on account of said judgment.
[ 2013 c 23 § 526; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 26; RRS § 7543-26. Formerly RCW 87.56.220.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.205 - Judgment upon stipulation—Prerequisites.

RCW 87.56.205
Judgment upon stipulation—Prerequisites.
Before the court shall enter judgment upon stipulation of the parties as in this chapter provided, the creditors concerned shall file all evidences of district indebtedness held by them into the registry of the court to be held subject to the order of the court.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 27; RRS § 7543-27. Formerly RCW 87.56.170, part.]
NOTES:
Judgment upon stipulation—Payment: RCW 87.56.170.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.210 - Judgment upon stipulation—Evidences of indebtedness to be canceled.

RCW 87.56.210
Judgment upon stipulation—Evidences of indebtedness to be canceled.
If the judgment rendered by the court, upon stipulation, be not appealed from as in this chapter provided and the time for appeal has expired, or having been appealed from has been finally determined upon appeal, the court shall upon application of the receiver, order all evidences of indebtedness filed in the registry of the court under the provisions relating to judgment upon stipulation to be delivered to the office of the county treasurer, who shall have authority and it shall be his or her duty to cancel the same, and said evidences of indebtedness shall thereafter cease to be obligations of the district, and the district thereafter shall be discharged of said indebtedness.
[ 2013 c 23 § 527; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 28; RRS § 7543-28.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.225 - Appellate review.

RCW 87.56.225
Appellate review.
Any interested person feeling aggrieved at the judgment of the superior court dismissing the proceedings or determining the indebtedness of the district and the status and priority thereof and determining the plan of liquidation, may seek appellate review of such judgment in the same manner as in other cases in equity, except that notice of appeal must be both served and filed within sixty days from the entry thereof.
[ 1988 c 202 § 89; 1971 c 81 § 174; 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 29; RRS § 7543-29. Formerly RCW 87.56.250.]
NOTES:
Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.230 - Final report of receiver—Apportionment of excess assets—Decree of dissolution.

RCW 87.56.230
Final report of receiver—Apportionment of excess assets—Decree of dissolution.
When all district indebtedness has been discharged as in this chapter provided, and all expenses of the dissolution proceedings have been paid, the receiver shall report such fact to the court with a full account of all assets and moneys received and disbursed. The court shall examine said report and if found satisfactory shall approve the same; shall order any funds remaining after the payment of all indebtedness apportioned to the several owners of land within the district in accordance with the ratio of the last assessment roll of the district, and shall enter a decree dissolving and annulling the district, which shall thereafter cease to exist as a corporate entity.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 30; RRS § 7543-30.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.240 - Decree to be filed in each county.

RCW 87.56.240
Decree to be filed in each county.
A copy of said decree shall be filed for record forthwith by the receiver in the office of the county auditor and in the office of the county assessor, of the counties in which any of the lands within the district are situated, and said decree shall be recorded by each of said offices without charge of fee.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 31; RRS § 7543-31.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.900 - Chapter alternative method—Saving.

RCW 87.56.900
Chapter alternative method—Saving.
This chapter is designed to provide an alternative method for the dissolution of irrigation districts and shall not be deemed to repeal any other statute or statutes.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 32; RRS § 7543-32.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.56 - Dissolution of Insolvent Districts. › 87.56.910 - Construction—1925 ex.s. c 124.

RCW 87.56.910
Construction—1925 ex.s. c 124.
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to enlarge, abridge, modify or otherwise affect the rights, privileges or obligations of solvent districts, the lands therein or creditors thereof.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 § 33; RRS § 7543-33.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.64 - Adjustment of Irrigation, Diking, and Drainage District Indebtedness. › 87.64.010 - State authorized to adjust indebtedness—When state owns entire bond issue.

RCW 87.64.010
State authorized to adjust indebtedness—When state owns entire bond issue.
Whenever the state shall now or hereafter own, the entire issue of the bonds of any irrigation, diking or drainage district, and in the judgment of the director of ecology such district is, or will be, unable to meet its obligations to the state as they mature, and in the judgment of the director of ecology the investment of the state can be made more secure by extending, without refunding, the time of payment of any or all said bonds and interest payments, or by the exchange of the bonds held by the state for refunding bonds of such district issued as in the manner provided by law at the same or a lower rate of interest and/or for a longer term, or by the cancellation of a portion of the bonds held by the state and/or interest accrued thereon, and the exchange of the remaining bonds held by the state for the refunding bonds of the district issued in the manner provided by law at the same or a lower rate of interest and/or for the same or a longer term, the director of ecology shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contract with the district so extending the time of payment of said bonds and interest payments, without refunding or to so exchange the bonds held by the state for such refunding bonds or to cancel a portion of the bonds held by the state and/or interest accrued thereon, and exchange the remaining bonds held by the state for such refunding bonds as in his or her judgment will be for the best interest of the state.
[ 2013 c 23 § 528; 1983 c 167 § 243; 1941 c 39 § 1; 1929 c 121 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7530-41. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1941 c 39 § 3, part, last am'ds 1929 c 121 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7530-42, part, now codified in RCW 87.64.020.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Dissolution: Chapter 87.53 RCW.
Refunding bonds: Chapters 87.19 and 87.22 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.64 - Adjustment of Irrigation, Diking, and Drainage District Indebtedness. › 87.64.040 - Claim for moneys expended may be settled and compromised.

RCW 87.64.040
Claim for moneys expended may be settled and compromised.
Whenever the department of ecology shall have heretofore entered, or shall hereafter enter, into a contract with an irrigation, diking, or drainage district and shall have expended moneys under said contract, and said district shall be indebted to the state for the moneys so expended, and in the judgment of the director of ecology said district shall have not received benefits equal to the amount of said indebtedness, the director of ecology shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered to settle and compromise the claim of the state against said district upon such terms and for such an amount as he or she shall deem fair and just to the state and the district.
[ 2013 c 23 § 530; 1988 c 127 § 64; 1941 c 39 § 2; 1929 c 121 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7530-43.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.64 - Adjustment of Irrigation, Diking, and Drainage District Indebtedness. › 87.64.060 - Cancellation of district's assessments and taxes.

RCW 87.64.060
Cancellation of district's assessments and taxes.
Whenever the director of ecology shall find any irrigation district is, or will be unable to meet its obligations and that refunding operations under this chapter are necessary, and that as a part of such refunding operations the cancellation of assessments and county taxes on the irrigation system and the irrigable lands in such district then delinquent, is necessary, the board of county commissioners of the county in which such irrigation district is situated may, upon request of the director of ecology, cancel any or all delinquent assessments and county taxes levied upon the irrigable lands in such district and all county taxes levied upon the irrigation system of such district, if such board shall find that such irrigation district is or will be unable to meet its obligations and such refunding operations are necessary, of which the report of the director of ecology shall be prima facie evidence.
[ 1988 c 127 § 65; 1929 c 121 § 5; RRS § 7530-44.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.64 - Adjustment of Irrigation, Diking, and Drainage District Indebtedness. › 87.64.070 - Powers of district.

RCW 87.64.070
Powers of district.
Any irrigation, diking or drainage district now or hereafter coming within the provisions of this chapter shall be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts, issue evidences of indebtedness and otherwise carry out on its part the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1941 c 39 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7530-45. Formerly RCW 87.64.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.010 - Resolution to fix time of paying assessments.

RCW 87.68.010
Resolution to fix time of paying assessments.
At the option of the board of directors assessments of irrigation districts in this state under contract with the United States involving payments thereto for the development and operation of their respective projects shall be payable on or before December 31st of the year in which the assessment is levied and upon the resolution of the board of directors of the district to that effect, adopted and entered at a regular meeting thereof not later than the second Tuesday of September of the year in which the levy is made. Such resolution shall thereafter remain in full force and effect until revoked by the board.
[ 1941 c 141 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7525-13.]
NOTES:
Severability—1941 c 141: "If any section, provision or part of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the act as a whole or of any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional." [ 1941 c 141 § 7.]
Construction—1941 c 141: "Nothing in this act contained shall be held or construed to modify, abridge or extend any other law or provision thereof relating to irrigation district assessments or the collection thereof except as herein provided." [ 1941 c 141 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.020 - Discount on advance payments.

RCW 87.68.020
Discount on advance payments.
In the event of the adoption and entering of such resolution by the board of directors, a person paying all or one-half of the current district assessment against any tract of land on or before December 31st of the year in which said assessment is levied shall be entitled to a discount of ten percent of said assessment if paid in full and ten percent of one-half of said assessment if one-half only is paid. In the event one-half of said assessment is paid on or before December 31st as aforesaid, the payer of the second half of said assessment shall be entitled to a discount of ten percent of the amount of said second half of said assessment if the same is paid on or before May 31st, next following the December payment. No discount shall be made for payment of district assessments except as herein specifically provided.
[ 1941 c 141 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7525-14.]
NOTES:
Severability—Construction—1941 c 141: See notes following RCW 87.68.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.030 - Meeting of board of equalization—Resolution—Notice.

RCW 87.68.030
Meeting of board of equalization—Resolution—Notice.
Said board of directors shall adopt and enter a resolution fixing the day, hour, and place when and where the board will convene as a board of equalization to equalize the assessment roll and a copy of the resolution adopting December 31st as the day on or before which assessments shall be paid, together with a notice signed by the secretary stating the day, hour, and place of the meeting of the board of equalization, shall be published for two consecutive weekly issues prior to the day of the convening of the board of equalization in some newspaper of general circulation in the district to be previously designated by the district board.
[ 1941 c 141 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7525-15.]
NOTES:
Severability—Construction—1941 c 141: See notes following RCW 87.68.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 87 - Irrigation › Chapter 87.68 - Districts Under Contract With United States. › 87.68.040 - Assessment rolls, resolution, to county treasurers.

RCW 87.68.040
Assessment rolls, resolution, to county treasurers.
The officers of said district shall cause said assessments to be made, levied and equalized and the assessment roll and any parts thereof to be delivered to the proper county treasurers on or before December 10th of said year and upon receipt of a certified copy of said resolution adopting December 31st as the day on or before which assessments shall be paid, the county officers charged with the collection of irrigation district assessments shall be authorized and it shall be their duty respectively to collect the same in accordance with the provisions of RCW 87.68.010 through 87.68.050 and of said resolution and to account for collections in the manner provided by the irrigation district law.
[ 1941 c 141 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7525-16.]
NOTES:
Severability—Construction—1941 c 141: See notes following RCW 87.68.010.
Assessments and levies: RCW 87.03.240 through 87.03.305.
Claims, how paid, etc.: RCW 87.03.440.