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Irrigation Districts Generally.
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Revised Code of Washington
Irrigation
Irrigation Districts Generally.
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Section
87.03.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board—Exceptions.
Section
87.03.005
District proposed—Powers, when organized.
Section
87.03.010
Certain purposes for which district may be formed.
Section
87.03.013
Development of hydroelectric generation capabilities—Legislative finding, intent—Limitation.
Section
87.03.015
Certain powers of district enumerated.
Section
87.03.016
District may provide street lighting—Limitations.
Section
87.03.017
District may assist residential owners in financing for conservation of energy—When—Plan—Limitations.
Section
87.03.018
Creation of legal authority to carry out powers—Method—Indebtedness.
Section
87.03.019
Cooperative watershed management.
Section
87.03.020
Organization of district—Petition—Bond—Notice—Hearing—Order—Notice of election.
Section
87.03.025
State lands situated in or taken into district—Procedure—Assessments, collection.
Section
87.03.030
Elections are governed by irrigation district laws.
Section
87.03.031
Absentee voting—Certification of inconvenience.
Section
87.03.032
Absentee voting—Notice of election, contents—Ballot and form of certificate of qualifications to be furnished.
Section
87.03.033
Absentee voting—Requirements for ballot to be counted—Statement of qualifications—Form of ballot.
Section
87.03.034
Absentee voting—How incoming ballots are handled—Canvass—Statement of result of both regular and absentee ballots.
Section
87.03.035
Elections to form district—How conducted.
Section
87.03.040
Elections to form district—Canvass of returns—Order.
Section
87.03.045
Qualifications of voters and directors—Districts of two hundred thousand acres.
Section
87.03.051
Qualifications of voters and directors—Districts of less than two hundred thousand acres.
Section
87.03.071
Certain districts—Individual ownerships—Two votes.
Section
87.03.075
Ballots in all elections—Declaration of candidacy—Petition of nomination—When election not required.
Section
87.03.080
Directors—Election—Terms—Increase and decrease.
Section
87.03.081
Directors—Vacancies, how filled.
Section
87.03.082
Directors—Oaths of office—Secretary.
Section
87.03.083
Directors—Recall and discharge.
Section
87.03.085
Post-organization district elections—Election boards—Notice.
Section
87.03.090
Post-organization district elections—Election officers—Voting hours.
Section
87.03.095
Post-organization district elections—Counting votes—Record of ballots.
Section
87.03.0155
Contract and formation powers.
Section
87.03.0175
District assistance for conservation, improvement, preservation, and efficient use.
Section
87.03.100
Post-organization district elections—Certification of returns—Preservation for recount.
Section
87.03.105
Post-organization district elections—Canvass.
Section
87.03.110
Post-organization district elections—Statement of result of election—Certificate of election.
Section
87.03.115
Organization of board—Meetings—Quorum—Certain powers and duties.
Section
87.03.120
System of drainage, sanitary sewers, or sewage disposal or treatment plants—Question—Notice—Meeting—Resolution.
Section
87.03.125
System of drainage, sanitary sewers, or sewage disposal or treatment plants—Powers upon passage of resolution.
Section
87.03.130
District change of name.
Section
87.03.135
Sale or lease of district personal property.
Section
87.03.136
Sale or lease of district real property.
Section
87.03.137
Purchase or condemnation for developing hydroelectric generation capabilities—Limitations.
Section
87.03.138
Civil immunity of directors, officers, employees, or agents for good faith performance of official duties.
Section
87.03.139
Lawful disposal of sewage and waste by others—Immunity.
Section
87.03.140
Board's powers and duties generally—Condemnation procedure.
Section
87.03.145
Condemnation—Finding of benefits and damages—Judgment—Costs.
Section
87.03.150
Condemnation—Title acquired by district.
Section
87.03.155
Conveyances—Actions by and against district.
Section
87.03.158
Officers, employees, agents—Legal representation—Costs of defense.
Section
87.03.160
Group insurance—Purchase.
Section
87.03.162
Liability insurance for officials and employees.
Section
87.03.165
Proposed works—Surveys, maps and plans to be prepared.
Section
87.03.170
Proposed works—Certification filed with director of ecology.
Section
87.03.175
Proposed works—Director's findings to district board.
Section
87.03.180
Proposed works—Substance of director's findings.
Section
87.03.185
Proposed works—Reclamation Service may make findings.
Section
87.03.190
Proposed works—Plan of development—Special election.
Section
87.03.195
Proposed works—Certain irrigation districts excepted.
Section
87.03.200
Bonds—Election for—Form and contents—Exchange—Cancellation—Sale and issue—Reissue—Election concerning contract with United States—Penalty.
Section
87.03.205
Sections exclusive of other bonding methods—Validation.
Section
87.03.210
Sale or pledge of bonds.
Section
87.03.215
Payment of bonds and interest, other indebtedness—Lien, enforcement of—Scope of section.
Section
87.03.235
Rights of federal agencies as to certain district bonds.
Section
87.03.240
Assessments, how and when made—Assessment roll.
Section
87.03.245
Deputy secretaries for assessment.
Section
87.03.250
Assessment roll to be filed—Notice of equalization.
Section
87.03.255
Equalization of assessments.
Section
87.03.260
Levies, amount—Special funds—Failure to make levy, procedure.
Section
87.03.265
Lien of assessment.
Section
87.03.270
Assessments, when delinquent—Assessment book, purpose—Statement of assessments due—Collection—Additional fee for delinquency.
Section
87.03.271
Lien for delinquent assessment to include costs and interest.
Section
87.03.272
Secretary may act as collection agent of nondelinquent assessments—Official bond—Collection procedure—Delinquency list.
Section
87.03.275
Medium of payment of assessments.
Section
87.03.277
Payment by credit cards, charge cards, and other electronic communication.
Section
87.03.280
Cancellation of assessments due United States—Procedure.
Section
87.03.285
Segregation of assessment—Authorization.
Section
87.03.290
Segregation of assessment—Hearing.
Section
87.03.295
Segregation of assessment—Notice of hearing.
Section
87.03.300
Segregation of assessment—Order.
Section
87.03.305
Segregation of assessment—Amendment of roll—Effect.
Section
87.03.420
Evidence of assessment, what is.
Section
87.03.430
Bonds—Interest payments.
Section
87.03.435
Construction work—Notice—Bids—Contracts—Bonds.
Section
87.03.436
Small works roster.
Section
87.03.437
Competitive bids—Use of purchase contract process in RCW 39.04.190.
Section
87.03.438
"County treasurer," "treasurer of the county," defined.
Section
87.03.440
Treasurer—County treasurer as ex officio district treasurer—Designated district treasurer—Duties and powers—Bond—Claims—Preliminary notice requirements when claim for crop damage.
Section
87.03.441
Temporary funds.
Section
87.03.442
Bonds of secretary and depositaries.
Section
87.03.443
Upgrading and improvement fund authorized—Deposits—Use of funds.
Section
87.03.445
Acquisition, construction, and operating funds—Tolls and assessments, alternative methods of—Liens, foreclosure of—Delinquencies by tenants.
Section
87.03.450
Income from sale of electricity.
Section
87.03.455
District's right to cross other property.
Section
87.03.460
Compensation and expenses of directors, officers, employees.
Section
87.03.470
Special assessments—Election—Notes.
Section
87.03.475
Power as to incurring indebtedness.
Section
87.03.480
Local improvement districts—Petition.
Section
87.03.485
Local improvement districts—Notice—Hearing—Initiation by board, procedure.
Section
87.03.486
Local improvement districts—Notice to contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.
Section
87.03.487
Local improvement districts—Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners.
Section
87.03.490
Local improvement districts—Adoption of plan—Bonds, form and contents—New lands may be included.
Section
87.03.492
Local improvement districts—Bonds, valid claim—General indebtedness.
Section
87.03.495
Local improvement districts—Costs of the improvement—Assessments—Disposal of bonds.
Section
87.03.500
Local improvement districts—Payment of bonds.
Section
87.03.505
Local improvement districts—L.I.D. unable to pay costs—Survey—Reassessments.
Section
87.03.510
Local improvement districts—Irrigation district L.I.D. guarantee fund.
Section
87.03.515
Local improvement districts—Refunding bonds.
Section
87.03.520
Local improvement districts—Contracts with state or United States for local improvement work.
Section
87.03.522
Irrigation district authorized to finance local improvements with general district funds.
Section
87.03.525
Local improvement districts—Provisions applicable to districts formerly organized.
Section
87.03.526
Local improvement districts—Safeguarding open canals or ditches—Assessments and benefits.
Section
87.03.527
Local improvement districts—Alternative methods of formation.
Section
87.03.530
Consolidation of irrigation districts—Authorization—Merger of smaller irrigation districts.
Section
87.03.535
Consolidation of irrigation districts—Proceedings for consolidation—Elections.
Section
87.03.540
Consolidation of irrigation districts—Directors—Disposition of affairs of included districts.
Section
87.03.545
Consolidation of irrigation districts—Obligations of included districts unaffected.
Section
87.03.550
Consolidation of irrigation districts—Property vested in new district—Credit.
Section
87.03.551
Consolidation of irrigation districts—Procedures supplemental to boundary change provisions.
Section
87.03.553
Consolidated local improvement districts for bond issuance.
Section
87.03.555
Change of boundaries authorized—Effect.
Section
87.03.560
Adding lands to district—Petition, contents—Acknowledgment.
Section
87.03.565
Adding lands to district—Notice—Contents—Service.
Section
87.03.570
Adding lands to district—Hearing—Assent.
Section
87.03.575
Adding lands to district—Payment for benefits received required.
Section
87.03.580
Adding lands to district—Order.
Section
87.03.585
Adding lands to district—Resolution.
Section
87.03.590
Adding lands to district—Election—Notice—How conducted.
Section
87.03.595
Adding lands to district—Order changing boundaries—Record.
Section
87.03.600
Adding lands to district—Change of boundaries recorded—Effect.
Section
87.03.605
Adding lands to district—Petition to be recorded—Admissible as evidence.
Section
87.03.610
Adding lands to district—Guardian, administrator or executor may act.
Section
87.03.615
Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres—Petition.
Section
87.03.620
Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres—Time and place of hearing—Notice.
Section
87.03.625
Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres—Contents of notice.
Section
87.03.630
Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres—Hearing—Order including lands.
Section
87.03.635
Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres—Denial of petition.
Section
87.03.640
Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres—Order filed—Effect.
Section
87.03.645
Exclusion of lands from district—Effect.
Section
87.03.650
Exclusion of lands from district—Petition to exclude lands—Contents.
Section
87.03.655
Exclusion of lands from district—Notice—Contents—Service.
Section
87.03.660
Exclusion of lands from district—Hearing—Assent.
Section
87.03.665
Exclusion of lands from district—Order denying or granting petition.
Section
87.03.670
Exclusion of lands from district—Assent of bondholders.
Section
87.03.675
Exclusion of lands from district—Order for election—Notice—Conduct of election.
Section
87.03.680
Exclusion of lands from district—Procedure following election—Order of exclusion.
Section
87.03.685
Exclusion of lands from district—Orders to be recorded—Effect.
Section
87.03.690
Exclusion of lands from district—Guardian, executor or administrator may sign and acknowledge.
Section
87.03.695
Exclusion of lands from district—Refunds—Cancellation of assessments.
Section
87.03.700
Connecting system to lower drainage district—Procedure.
Section
87.03.705
Connecting system to lower drainage district—Negative finding by jury or court.
Section
87.03.710
Connecting system to lower drainage district—Affirmative finding by jury or court—Assessments.
Section
87.03.715
Connecting system to lower drainage district—Increased maintenance costs.
Section
87.03.720
Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, consolidated drainage improvement, or water-sewer district—Power to assent.
Section
87.03.725
Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, consolidated drainage improvement, or water-sewer district—Notice—Contents—Publication—Show cause against merger.
Section
87.03.730
Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, or consolidated drainage improvement district—Hearing—Failure to show cause deemed assent.
Section
87.03.735
Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, or consolidated drainage improvement district—Assent, refusal to assent—Effect of show cause against merger.
Section
87.03.740
Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, or consolidated drainage improvement district—Election.
Section
87.03.745
Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, or consolidated drainage improvement district—Order of assent or refusal—Filing.
Section
87.03.750
Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds—Resolution.
Section
87.03.755
Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds—Notice of hearing—Contents.
Section
87.03.760
Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds—Adoption of resolution—Appellate review.
Section
87.03.765
Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds—Indebtedness may be reduced.
Section
87.03.770
Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds—Reconveyance of excluded land formerly foreclosed to district.
Section
87.03.775
Map of district.
Section
87.03.780
Proceedings for judicial confirmation—Authorization.
Section
87.03.785
Proceedings for judicial confirmation—Petition—Contents.
Section
87.03.790
Proceedings for judicial confirmation—Notice of hearing.
Section
87.03.795
Proceedings for judicial confirmation—Demurrer or answer—Procedure.
Section
87.03.800
Proceedings for judicial confirmation—Jurisdiction of court—Order—Costs.
Section
87.03.805
Proceedings for judicial confirmation—Appeal.
Section
87.03.810
Lump sum payment to district for irrigable lands acquired for highway purposes.
Section
87.03.815
Lump sum payment to district for irrigable lands acquired for highway purposes—Order relieving further district assessments.
Section
87.03.820
Disposal of real property—Right of adjacent owners.
Section
87.03.825
Hydroelectric resources—Development—Legislative findings.
Section
87.03.828
Hydroelectric resources—Separate legal authority—Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts—Powers.
Section
87.03.831
Hydroelectric resources—Separate legal authority—Procedures for membership and for construction and acquisition of facilities.
Section
87.03.834
Hydroelectric resources—Separate legal authority—Voter ratification of actions.
Section
87.03.837
Hydroelectric resources—Separate legal authority—Repayment of indebtedness—Powers.
Section
87.03.840
Chapter supplementary—When.
Section
87.03.845
Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district—Proceedings to initiate—Notice—Hearing.
Section
87.03.847
Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district—Denial or adoption of request for merger—Notice—Elections—Notification of merger.
Section
87.03.849
Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district—Board of directors—Transfer of property and assets.
Section
87.03.851
Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district—Bonds or obligations not impaired—Enforcement of assessments and obligations—Establishment of local improvement district to carry out obligations.
Section
87.03.853
Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district—Statement of property and assets of minor district.
Section
87.03.855
Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district—Merger of more than two districts.
Section
87.03.857
Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district—Existing water rights not impaired.
Section
87.03.860
Assumption of substandard water system—Limited immunity from liability.
Section
87.03.870
Mutual aid agreements for emergency interdistrict assistance—Authority—Liability.
Section
87.03.880
Tariff for irrigation pumping service—Authority to buy back electricity.
Section
87.03.900
Construction—1913 c 165.
Section
87.03.920
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.