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57.06.090 | 1953 validation. | Each and all of the respective areas of land heretofore attempted to be organized into water districts, including all areas attempted to be annexed thereto, or into local improvement districts or utility local improvement districts, under the provisions of chapter 114, Laws of 1929, and amendments thereto, are hereby v... |
57.06.100 | 1953 validation. | All debts, contracts, and obligations heretofore made or incurred by or in favor of any such water district, local improvement district, or utility local improvement district, and all bonds or other obligations executed by such districts in connection with or in pursuance of such attempted organization, and any and all... |
57.06.110 | 1953 validation. | The provisions of this act shall apply only to such districts attempted to be organized under chapter 114, Laws of 1929, and amendments thereto, which have maintained their organization as such since the date of such attempted organization, establishment, or creation.
[ 1953 c 251 s 27 .] |
57.06.120 | 1959 validation. | All debts, contracts and obligations heretofore made or incurred by or in favor of any water district and all bonds, warrants, or other obligations issued by such district, and all charges heretofore made by such districts, and any and all assessments heretofore levied in any local improvement districts or utility loca... |
57.06.140 | 1975 validation. | Each and all of the respective areas of land heretofore attempted to be organized into water districts under the provisions of chapter 114, Laws of 1929, and amendments thereto, are hereby validated and declared to be duly existing water districts, having the respective boundaries set forth in their organization procee... |
57.06.150 | 1975 validation. | All debts, contracts, and obligations heretofore made or incurred by or in favor of any such water district, and all bonds or other obligations executed by such districts in connection with or in pursuance of such attempted organization, and any and all assessments or levies, and all other things and proceedings done o... |
57.06.160 | 1975 validation. | The holding and exercise of the office of commissioner by persons now serving as members of the first board of commissioners under or in pursuance of such attempted organization, nominated by petition of at least twenty-five percent of the qualified electors of the district, and elected and qualified as otherwise provi... |
57.06.170 | 1975 validation. | RCW 57.06.140 through 57.06.160 shall apply only to such districts attempted to be organized under chapter 114, Laws of 1929, and amendments thereto, which have maintained their organization as such since the date of such attempted organization, establishment, or creation, or which have been merged into another municip... |
57.06.180 | 1988 validation. | The existence of all water districts formed in counties without a boundary review board in compliance with the requirements of chapter 57.04 RCW, whether or not the requirements of RCW 57.02.040 and * 56.02.070 were satisfied, is validated and such districts shall be deemed to be legally formed.
[ 1988 c 162 s 9 .]
*Re... |
57.06.190 | Sewer districts—Validation—1959 c 103. | All debts, contracts and obligations heretofore made or incurred by or in favor of any sewer district, all bonds, warrants, or other obligations issued by such districts, any connection or service charges made by such districts, any and all assessments heretofore levied in any utility local improvement districts of any... |
57.06.200 | Sewer districts—Formation of districts validated. | The existence of all sewer districts formed in counties without a boundary review board in compliance with the requirements of *chapter 56.04 RCW, whether or not the requirements of RCW ** 56.02.060 and *** 56.02.070 were satisfied, is validated and such districts shall be deemed to be legally formed.
[ 1988 c 162 s 8 ... |
57.06.210 | Sewer districts—Validation of prior mergers. | Each and all of the respective areas of land organized as a water district and heretofore attempted to be merged into a sewer district under chapter 148 of the Laws of 1969 [ex. sess.], and amendments thereto, and which have maintained their organization as part of a sewer district since the date of such attempted merg... |
57.08.005 | Powers. | A district shall have the following powers: (1) To acquire by purchase or condemnation, or both, all lands, property and property rights, and all water and water rights, both within and without the district, necessary for its purposes. The right of eminent domain shall be exercised in the same manner and by the same pr... |
57.08.007 | Concurrent service by two districts. | Except upon approval of both districts by resolution, a district may not provide a service within an area in which that service is available from another district or within an area in which that service is planned to be made available under an effective comprehensive plan of another district.
[ 1996 c 230 s 302 .]
Part... |
57.08.009 | Use of property not immediately necessary to district for park or recreational purposes. | A district may operate and maintain a park or recreational facilities on real property that it owns or in which it has an interest that is not immediately necessary for its purposes. If such park or recreational facilities are operated by a person other than the district, including a corporation, partnership, or other ... |
57.08.011 | Authority to manage, operate, maintain, or repair public or private water system—Contract. | A district may enter into a contract with any person, corporation, or other entity, public or private, that owns a water system located in the district to manage, operate, maintain, or repair the water system. Such a contract may be entered into only if the general comprehensive plan of the district reflects the water ... |
57.08.012 | Fluoridation of water authorized. | A water district by a majority vote of its board of commissioners may fluoridate the water supply system of the water district. The commissioners may cause the proposition of fluoridation of the water supply to be submitted to the electors of the water district at any general election or special election to be called f... |
57.08.014 | Authority to adjust or delay rates or charges for low-income persons—Notice. | In addition to the authority of a district to establish classifications for rates and charges and impose such rates and charges, a district may adjust or delay those rates and charges for low-income persons or classes of low-income persons , including but not limited to, low-income persons with disabilities and low-inc... |
57.08.015 | Sale of unnecessary property authorized—Notice. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5467.SL ) ***
The board of commissioners of a district may sell, at public or private sale, property belonging to the district if the board determines that the property is not and will not be needed for district purposes and if the board gives notice of intention to sell as in this section p... |
57.08.016 | Sale of unnecessary property authorized—Additional requirements for sale of realty. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5467.SL ) ***
(1) There shall be no private sale of real property where the estimated value exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars. Estimated value shall be determined by the board of commissioners and based upon real estate appraiser and broker advice as it considers appropriate. Subject ... |
57.08.017 | Application of sections to certain service provider agreements under chapter70A.140RCW. | RCW 57.08.015 , 57.08.016 , 57.08.050 , and 57.08.120 shall not apply to agreements entered into under authority of chapter 70A.140 RCW if there is compliance with the procurement procedure under RCW 70A.140.040 .
[ 2021 c 65 s 61 ; 1996 c 230 s 321 ; 1986 c 244 s 16 .]
Explanatory statement — 2021 c 65: See note follo... |
57.08.020 | Conveyance of water system to city or town. | That water districts duly organized under the laws of the state of Washington shall have the following powers in addition to those conferred by existing statutes. Whenever any water district shall have installed a distributing system of mains and laterals and as a source of supply of water shall be purchasing or intend... |
57.08.030 | Election on conveyance—Contract for operation of facilities. | (1) Whenever any district shall have installed a distributing system of water mains and laterals, and as a source of supply of water shall be purchasing or intending to purchase water from any city or town, and whenever it appears to be advantageous to the water consumers in the district that such city or town shall ta... |
57.08.035 | Effect when city or town takes over portion of water system. | Whenever a city or town located wholly or in part within a water district shall enter into a contract with the commissioners of a water district providing that the city or town shall take over all of the operation of the facilities of the district located within its boundaries, such area of said water district located ... |
57.08.040 | City or town may accept and agree to maintain system. | Whenever any city or town is selling or proposes to sell water to a district, the city or town may by ordinance accept a conveyance of any distributing system and enter into a contract with the district for the maintenance and repair of the system and the supplying of water to the district consumers.
[ 1996 c 230 s 308... |
57.08.041 | Contracting for management of water storage assets—Notice—Procedure—Definitions. | (1) Any water-sewer district may elect to contract for asset management service of its water storage assets in accordance with this section. If a water-sewer district elects to contract under this subsection for all, some, or one component of water storage asset management services for its water storage assets, each wa... |
57.08.044 | Contracts for acquisition, use, operation, etc., authorized—Service to areas in other districts. | A district may enter into contracts with any county, city, town, or any other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation, or with any private person or corporation, for the acquisition, ownership, use, and operation of any property, facilities, or services, within or without the district, and necessary or desirable to ca... |
57.08.047 | Provision of water, reclaimed water, sewer, or drainage service beyond district or city subject to review by boundary review board. | The provision of water, reclaimed water, sewer, or drainage service beyond the boundaries of a special purpose district or city may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 2009 c 253 s 3 ; 1999 c 153 s 8 ; 1996 c 230 s 310 ; 1989 c 84 s 57 .]
Part headings not law — 1999 c 1... |
57.08.050 | Contracts for materials and work—Notice—Bids—Small works roster—Waiver of requirements. | (1) All work ordered, the estimated cost of which is in excess of $150,000 if more than a single craft or trade is involved with the public works project, or a public works project in excess of $75,500 if only a single craft or trade is involved with the public works project, shall be let by contract and competitive bi... |
57.08.060 | Powers as to street lighting systems—Establishment. | In addition to the powers given districts by law, a district shall also have power to acquire, construct, maintain, operate, and develop street lighting systems. To establish a street lighting system, the board of commissioners shall adopt a resolution proposing a street lighting system and delineating the boundaries o... |
57.08.065 | Powers as to mutual systems—Overlapping districts—Operation of system of sewerage or drainage by former water district. | (1) A district shall have power to establish, maintain, and operate a mutual water, sewerage, drainage, and street lighting system, a mutual system of any two or three of the systems, or separate systems. (2) Where any two or more districts include the same territory as of July 1, 1997, none of the overlapping district... |
57.08.081 | Rates and charges—Delinquencies—Heat-related alert limitations. | (1) Subject to RCW 57.08.005 (7), the commissioners of any district shall provide for revenues by fixing rates and charges for furnishing sewer and drainage service and facilities to those to whom service is available or for providing water, such rates and charges to be fixed as deemed necessary by the commissioners, s... |
57.08.085 | Public property subject to rates and charges for drainage facilities. | Except as otherwise provided in RCW 90.03.525 , any public entity and public property, including state of Washington property, shall be subject to rates and charges for drainage facilities to the same extent as private persons and private property are subject to such rates and charges that are imposed by districts purs... |
57.08.100 | Health care, group, life, and social security insurance contracts for employees', commissioners' benefit—Joint action with other districts. | Subject to chapter 48.62 RCW, a district, by a majority vote of its board of commissioners, may enter into contracts to provide health care services and/or group insurance and/or term life insurance and/or social security insurance for the benefit of its employees and may pay all or any part of the cost thereof. Any tw... |
57.08.105 | Liability insurance for officials and employees. | The board of commissioners of each district may purchase liability insurance with such limits as it may deem reasonable for the purpose of protecting its officials and employees against liability for personal or bodily injuries and property damage arising from their acts or omissions while performing or in good faith p... |
57.08.120 | Lease of real property—Notice, hearing—Performance bond or security. | A district may lease out real property which it owns or in which it has an interest and which is not immediately necessary for its purposes upon such terms as the board of commissioners deems proper. No such lease shall be made until the district has first caused notice thereof to be published twice in a newspaper in g... |
57.08.140 | RCW39.33.060to govern on sales by district for park and recreational purposes. | The provisions of RCW 57.08.015 , 57.08.016 , and 57.08.120 shall have no application as to the sale or conveyance of real or personal property or any interest or right therein by a district to the county or park and recreation district wherein such property is located for park and recreational purposes, but in those c... |
57.08.150 | Extensions by private party—Preparation of plans—Review by district. | A district may not require that a specified engineer prepare plans or designs for extensions to its systems if the extensions are to be financed and constructed by a private party, but may review, and approve or reject, the plans or designs which have been prepared for such a private party based upon standards and requ... |
57.08.160 | Authority to assist customers in the acquisition of water conservation equipment—Limitations. | Any district is hereby authorized, within limits established by the Constitution of the state of Washington, to assist the owners of structures 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 str... |
57.08.170 | Water conservation plan—Emergency water use restrictions—Fine. | A district may adopt a water conservation plan and emergency water use restrictions. The district may enforce a water conservation plan and emergency water use restrictions by imposing a fine as provided by resolution for failure to comply with any such plan or restrictions. The commissioners may provide by resolution ... |
57.08.180 | Sewer, drainage, and water connections without district permission—Penalties. | It is unlawful and a misdemeanor to make, or cause to be made, or to maintain any connection with any sewer, drainage, or water system of any district, or with any sewer, drainage, or water system which is connected directly or indirectly with any sewer, drainage, or water system of any district without having permissi... |
57.08.190 | Cooperative watershed management. | In addition to the authority provided in RCW 57.08.005 , a water district, sewer district, or water-sewer district may 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 wa... |
57.12.010 | Commissioners—President and secretary—Compensation. | The governing body of a district shall be a board of commissioners consisting of three members, or five or seven members as provided in RCW 57.12.015 . The board shall annually elect one of its members as president and another as secretary. The board shall by resolution adopt rules governing the transaction of its busi... |
57.12.015 | Increase in number of commissioners. | (1) In the event a three-member board of commissioners of any district with any number of customers determines by resolution that it would be in the best interest of the district to increase the number of commissioners from three to five, or if the board of a district with any number of customers is presented with a pe... |
57.12.017 | Decrease in number of commissioners. | (1) Except as provided in RCW 52.14.020 , in the event a five-member or seven-member board of commissioners of any district determines by resolution that it would be in the best interest of the district to decrease the number of commissioners from five to three, or from seven to five, or in the event the board is prese... |
57.12.020 | Vacancies. | A vacancy on the board shall occur and shall be filled as provided in chapter 42.12 RCW. In addition, if a commissioner is absent from three consecutive scheduled meetings unless by permission of the board, the office may be declared vacant. However, such an action shall not be taken unless the commissioner is notified... |
57.12.030 | Commissioners—Terms. | Except as in this section otherwise provided, the term of office of each district commissioner shall be six years, such term to be computed from the first day of January following the election, and commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified and assume office in accordance with RCW 29A.60... |
57.12.035 | Commissioners—Void in candidacy, fewer than one hundred residents in district. | If the district has fewer than one hundred residents, and if the filing period is reopened for a district commissioner under RCW 29A.24.171 or 29A.24.181 due to a void in candidacy, any person who is a qualified elector of the state of Washington and who holds title or evidence of title to land in the district may file... |
57.12.039 | Commissioner districts. | (1) Notwithstanding RCW 57.12.020 and 57.12.030 , the board of commissioners may provide by majority vote that subsequent commissioners be elected from commissioner districts within the district. If the board exercises this option, it shall divide the district into three, five, or seven if the number of commissioners h... |
57.16.010 | General comprehensive plan of improvements—Approval of engineer, director of health, and city, town, or county—Amendments. | Before ordering any improvements or submitting to vote any proposition for incurring any indebtedness, the district commissioners shall adopt a general comprehensive plan for the type or types of facilities the district proposes to provide. A district may prepare a separate general comprehensive plan for each of these ... |
57.16.015 | Expenditures before plan adopted and approved. | No expenditure for carrying on any part of a general comprehensive plan shall be made other than the necessary salaries of engineers, clerical, office expenses, and other professional expenses of the district, and the cost of engineering, surveying, preparation, and collection of data necessary for making and adopting ... |
57.16.045 | Additions and betterments—Annexed areas. | Whenever an area has been annexed to a district after the adoption of a general comprehensive plan, the commissioners shall adopt by resolution a plan for additions and betterments to the original comprehensive plan to provide for the needs of the area annexed.
[ 1996 c 230 s 503 .]
Part headings not law — Effective da... |
57.16.050 | Districts authorized—Special assessments—Bonds. | (1) A district may establish local improvement districts within its territory; levy special assessments and allow annual installments on the special assessments, together with interest thereon, extending over a period not exceeding twenty years, on all property specially benefited by a local improvement, on the basis o... |
57.16.060 | Resolution or petition to form district—Procedure—Written protest—Notice. | Local improvement districts or utility local improvement districts to carry out the whole or any portion of the general comprehensive plan of improvements or plan providing for additions and betterments to an original general comprehensive plan previously adopted may be initiated either by resolution of the board of co... |
57.16.062 | Hearing—Improvement ordered—Divestment of power to order—Notice—Appeal—Assessment roll. | Whether an improvement district is initiated by petition or resolution, the board shall conduct a public hearing at the time and place designated in the notice to property owners. At this hearing the board shall hear objections from any person affected by the formation of the improvement district and may make such chan... |
57.16.065 | Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates. | Notice given to the public or to the owners of specific lots, tracts, or parcels of land relating to the formation of an improvement district shall contain a statement that actual assessments may vary from assessment estimates so long as they do not exceed a figure equal to the increased true and fair value the improve... |
57.16.070 | Hearing on assessment roll—Notice. | Before approval of the roll a notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the improvement district, stating that the roll is on file and open to inspection in the office of the secretary, and fixing the time, not less than fifteen or more than thirty days fro... |
57.16.073 | Sanitary sewer and potable water facilities—Notice to certain property owners. | Whenever it is proposed that an improvement district finance sanitary sewer or potable water facilities, additional notice of the public hearing on the proposed improvement district shall be mailed to the owners of any property located outside of the proposed improvement district that would be required as a condition o... |
57.16.080 | Enlarged district. | If any portion of the system after its installation is not adequate for the purpose for which it was intended, or if for any reason changes, alterations, or betterments are necessary in any portion of the system after its installation, then an improvement district with boundaries which may include one or more existing ... |
57.16.090 | Review. | The decision of the district board of commissioners upon any objections made within the time and in the manner herein prescribed may be reviewed by the superior court upon an appeal thereto taken in the following manner. The appeal shall be made by filing written notice of appeal with the secretary of the board of comm... |
57.16.100 | Conclusiveness of roll—Correction of errors. | (1) Whenever any assessment roll for local improvements shall have been confirmed by the district board of commissioners, the regularity, validity, and correctness of the proceedings relating to the improvements, and to the assessment therefor, including the action of the district commissioners upon the assessment roll... |
57.16.110 | Segregation of assessment—Procedure. | Whenever any land against which there has been levied any special assessment by any district shall have been sold in part or divided, the board of commissioners of the district shall have the power to order a segregation of the assessment. Any person desiring to have a special assessment against a tract of land segrega... |
57.16.140 | Excess sewer capacity or water supply not grounds for zoning decision challenge. | The construction of or existence of sewer capacity or water supply in excess of the needs of the density allowed by zoning shall not be grounds for any legal challenge to any zoning decision by the county.
[ 1996 c 230 s 504 ; 1982 c 213 s 4 .]
Part headings not law — Effective date — 1996 c 230: See notes following RC... |
57.16.150 | Foreclosure of assessments—Attorneys' fees. | Judgments foreclosing special assessments pursuant to RCW 35.50.260 may also allow to districts, in addition to delinquent installments, interest, penalties, and costs, such attorneys' fees as the court may adjudge reasonable.
[ 1996 c 230 s 611 ; 1987 c 449 s 16 .]
Part headings not law — Effective date — 1996 c 230: ... |
57.16.160 | Review of sewer general comprehensive plan—Time limitations—Notice of rejection of plan or extension of timeline. | For any new or revised sewer general comprehensive plan submitted by a water-sewer district for review under this chapter, the appropriate state agency shall review and either approve, conditionally approve, reject, or request amendments within ninety days of the receipt of the submission of the plan. The appropriate s... |
57.20.010 | General obligation bonds—Term—Issuance—Excess bond retirement levies. | When general district indebtedness payable from annual tax levies to be made in excess of the constitutional and/or statutory tax limitations has been authorized, the district may issue its general obligation bonds in payment thereof. The bonds shall not have terms in excess of twenty years and shall as nearly as pract... |
57.20.015 | Refunding general obligation bonds. | (1) The board of commissioners of any district may by resolution, without submitting the matter to the voters of the district, provide for the issuance of refunding general obligation bonds to refund any outstanding general obligation bonds, or any part thereof, at maturity thereof, or before the maturity thereof if th... |
57.20.018 | Revenue bonds authorized—Use. | (1) The commissioners may, without submitting a proposition to the voters, authorize by resolution the district to issue revenue bonds for the construction costs, interest during the period of construction and six months thereafter, working capital or other costs of the improvements described in any part or all of a ge... |
57.20.0181 | Additional revenue bonds for increased cost of improvements. | Whenever a district shall have adopted a general comprehensive plan and bonds to defray the cost thereof shall have been authorized by resolution of the board of commissioners, and before the completion of the improvements the board of commissioners shall find by resolution that the authorized bonds are not sufficient ... |
57.20.019 | Additions and betterments. | In the same manner as provided for the adoption of an original general comprehensive plan, a plan providing for additions and betterments to the original general comprehensive plan may be adopted. Without limiting its generality "additions and betterments" shall include any necessary change in, amendment of, or additio... |
57.20.020 | Revenue bonds—Special fund. | (1) The commissioners shall have power and are required to create a special fund or funds for the sole purpose of paying the interest and principal of revenue bonds into which special fund or funds the commissioners shall obligate and bind the district to set aside and pay a fixed proportion of the gross revenues of th... |
57.20.023 | Covenants to guarantee payment of revenue bonds—Bonds payable from same source may be issued on parity. | The board of commissioners may make such covenants as it may deem necessary to secure and guarantee the payment of the principal of and interest on revenue bonds of the district, including but not being limited to covenants for the establishment and maintenance of adequate reserves to secure or guarantee the payment of... |
57.20.025 | Refunding revenue bonds. | The board of commissioners of any district may by resolution provide for the issuance of refunding revenue bonds to refund outstanding general obligation bonds and/or revenue bonds, or any part thereof, and/or all outstanding local improvement district bonds, at maturity thereof, or before maturity thereof if they are ... |
57.20.027 | Revenue warrants and revenue bond anticipation warrants. | Districts may also issue revenue warrants and revenue bond anticipation warrants for the same purposes for which such districts may issue revenue bonds. The provisions of this chapter relating to the authorization, terms, conditions, covenants, issuance and sale of revenue bonds (exclusive of provisions relating to ref... |
57.20.028 | Warrants, when authorized—Procedure. | (1) The board of commissioners of a district with revenues of five million dollars or more in each of the preceding three years that were audited in accordance with RCW 43.09.260 may by resolution adopt a policy to issue its own warrants for payment of claims or other obligations of the district. The board of commissio... |
57.20.030 | Local improvement guaranty fund. | Every district in the state is authorized to create a fund for the purpose of guaranteeing, to the extent of such fund, and in the manner hereinafter provided, the payment of all of its local improvement bonds issued to pay for any local improvement within its confines. Such fund shall be designated "Local Improvement ... |
57.20.080 | Guaranty fund—Subrogation of district as trustee. | Whenever there shall be paid out of a guaranty fund any sum on account of principal or interest upon a local improvement bond, or on account of purchase of certificates of delinquency, the district, as trustee for the fund, shall be subrogated to all rights of the owner of the bonds, or any interest, or delinquent asse... |
57.20.090 | Rights and remedies of bond owner. | The owner of any local improvement bonds guaranteed under the provisions of this section and RCW 57.20.030 and 57.20.080 shall not have any claim therefor against the district by which the same is issued, except for payment from the special assessments made for the improvement for which the local improvement bonds were... |
57.20.105 | Vote on general indebtedness. | The commissioners may submit to the voters of the district at any general or special election, a proposition that the district incur a general indebtedness payable from annual tax levies to be made in excess of the constitutional tax limitation for the construction of any part or all of the improvements described in it... |
57.20.110 | Limitation of indebtedness. | A district is authorized and empowered by and through its board of commissioners to contract indebtedness for its purposes, and the maintenance thereof not exceeding one-half of one percent of the value of the taxable property in the district, as the term "value of the taxable property" is defined in RCW 39.36.015 .
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57.20.120 | Additional indebtedness—Ballot proposition. | A district may contract indebtedness in excess of the amount named in RCW 57.20.110 , but not exceeding in amount, together with existing indebtedness, two and one-half percent of the value of the taxable property in that district, as the term "value of the taxable property" is defined in RCW 39.36.015 , and impose exc... |
57.20.130 | Bonds—Payment of interest. | Any coupons for the payment of interest on bonds of any district shall be considered for all purposes as warrants drawn upon the general fund of the district issuing such bonds, and when presented to the treasurer of the county having custody of the funds of such district at maturity, or thereafter, and when so present... |
57.20.135 | Treasurer—Designation—Approval—Powers and duties—Bond. | Upon obtaining the approval of the county treasurer, the board of commissioners of a district with more than twenty-five hundred water customers or sewer customers may designate by resolution some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as the treasurer of the district. Such a treasurer shall poss... |
57.20.140 | Maintenance or general fund and special funds. | The treasurer shall create and maintain a separate fund designated as the maintenance fund or general fund of the district into which shall be paid all money received by the treasurer from the collection of taxes other than taxes levied for the payment of general obligation bonds of the district and all revenues of the... |
57.20.150 | Maintenance or general fund and special funds—Use of surplus in maintenance or general fund. | Whenever a district has accumulated money in the maintenance fund or general fund of the district in excess of the requirements of that fund, the board of commissioners may in its discretion use any of that surplus money for any of the following purposes: (1) Redemption or servicing of outstanding obligations of the di... |
57.20.160 | Maintenance or general fund and special funds—Deposits and investments. | Whenever there shall have accumulated in any general or special fund of a district money, the disbursement of which is not yet due, the board of commissioners may, by resolution, authorize the treasurer to deposit or invest such money in qualified public depositaries, or to invest such money in any investment permitted... |
57.20.165 | Deposit account requirements. | District money shall be deposited by the district in any account, which may be interest-bearing, subject to such requirements and conditions as may be prescribed by the state auditor. The account shall be in the name of the district except upon request by the treasurer, the accounts shall be in the name of the ". . .(n... |
57.20.170 | Maintenance or general fund and special funds—Loans from maintenance or general funds to construction funds or other funds. | The board of commissioners of any district may, by resolution, authorize and direct a loan or loans from maintenance funds or general funds of the district to construction funds or other funds of the district, so long as that loan or loans do not, in the opinion of the board of commissioners, impair the ability of the ... |
57.22.010 | Contracts—Conditions. | If the district approves an extension to the system, the district shall contract with owners of real estate located within the district boundaries, at an owner's request, for the purpose of permitting extensions to the district's system to be constructed by such owner at such owner's sole cost where such extensions are... |
57.22.020 | Reimbursement to owner—Contract requirements. | (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, the contract shall also provide, subject to the terms and conditions in this section, for the reimbursement to the owner or the owner's assigns for a period not to exceed fifteen years of a portion of the costs of the facilities constructed pursuant to... |
57.22.030 | Scope of reimbursement. | The reimbursement shall be a pro rata share of construction and contract administration costs of the project. Reimbursement for projects shall include, but not be limited to, design, engineering, installation, and restoration.
[ 1996 c 230 s 803 ; 1989 c 389 s 13 .]
Part headings not law — Effective date — 1996 c 230: ... |
57.22.040 | Reimbursement—Procedures. | The procedures for reimbursement contracts shall be governed by the following: (1) A reimbursement area shall be formulated by the board of commissioners within a reasonable time after the acceptance of the extension. The reimbursement shall be based upon a determination by the board of commissioners of which parcels w... |
57.22.050 | District participation in financing project. | As an alternative to financing projects under this chapter solely by owners of real estate, districts may join in the financing of improvement projects and may be reimbursed in the same manner as the owners of real estate who participate in the projects, if the board of commissioners has specified the conditions of its... |
57.24.001 | Actions subject to review by boundary review board. | Actions taken under this chapter may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1996 c 230 s 901 ; 1989 c 84 s 58 .]
Part headings not law — Effective date — 1996 c 230: See notes following RCW 57.02.001 . |
57.24.010 | Annexation authorized—Petition—Notice of hearing. | Territory within the county or counties in which a district is located, or territory adjoining or in close proximity to a district but which is located in another county, may be annexed to and become a part of the district. All annexations shall be accomplished in the following manner: Ten percent of the number of regi... |
57.24.020 | Hearing procedure—Boundaries—Election, notice, judges. | When such petition is presented for hearing, the legislative authority of each county in which the territory proposed to be annexed is located shall hear the petition or may adjourn the hearing from time to time not exceeding one month in all, and any person, firm, or corporation may appear before the county legislativ... |
57.24.040 | Election—Qualification of voters. | (1) The annexation election shall be held on the date designated in the notice and shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws of the state. If the original petition for annexation is signed by qualified voters, then only qualified voters at the date of election residing in the territory proposed to... |
57.24.050 | Expense of election. | All elections held pursuant to this chapter, whether general or special, shall be conducted by the county auditor of the county in which the district is located. The expense of all such elections shall be paid for out of the funds of such district.
[ 1999 c 153 s 20 ; 1996 c 230 s 905 ; 1929 c 114 s 17 ; RRS s 11594. C... |
57.24.060 | Petition method is alternative to election method. | The method of annexation provided for in RCW 57.24.070 through 57.24.100 shall be an alternative method to that specified in RCW 57.24.010 through 57.24.050 .
[ 1953 c 251 s 22 .] |
57.24.070 | Petition method—Petition—Signers—Content—Certain public properties excluded from local improvement districts. | As an alternative method of annexation, a petition for annexation of an area contiguous to a district may be made in writing, addressed to and filed with the board of commissioners of the district to which annexation is desired. It must be signed by the owners, according to the records of the county auditor, of not les... |
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