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86.26.040 | Duties of local engineer—Approval of plans, etc., by department of ecology—Grants to prepare comprehensive flood control management plan. | Whenever state grants under this chapter are used in a flood control maintenance project, the engineer of the county within which the project is located shall approve all plans for the specific project and shall supervise the work. The approval of such plans, construction and expenditures by the department of ecology, ... |
86.26.050 | Projects in which state will participate—Allocation of funds. | (1) State participation shall be in such preparation of comprehensive flood control management plans under this chapter and chapter 86.12 RCW, cost sharing feasibility studies for new flood control projects, projects pursuant to section 33, chapter 322, Laws of 1991, and flood control maintenance projects as are affect... |
86.26.060 | Allocation of funds. | Grants for flood control maintenance shall be so employed that as far as possible, funds will be on hand to meet unusual, unforeseeable and emergent flood conditions. Allocations by the department of ecology, for emergency purposes, shall in each instance be in amounts which together with funds provided by local author... |
86.26.070 | Flood control maintenance fund of municipal corporation—Composition—Use. | Any municipal corporation subject to flood conditions, may establish in its treasury a flood control maintenance fund. Such fund may be maintained by transfer thereto of moneys derived from regular or special lawful levies for flood control purposes, moneys which may be lawfully transferred to it from any other municip... |
86.26.080 | Annual budget reports of municipal corporations—Allocation of funds. | Any municipal corporation intending to seek state participating funds shall, within thirty days after final adoption of its annual budget for flood control purposes, report the amount thereof, to the engineer of the county within whose boundaries the municipal corporation lies. The county engineer shall submit such rep... |
86.26.090 | Scope of maintenance in which state will participate. | The state shall participate with eligible local authorities in maintaining and restoring the normal and reasonably stable river and stream channel alignment and the normal and reasonably stable river and stream channel capacity for carrying off flood waters with a minimum of damage from bank erosion or overflow of adja... |
86.26.100 | Agreement as to participation—Limit on amount. | State participation in the cost of any flood control maintenance project shall be provided for by a written memorandum agreement between the director of ecology and the legislative authority of the county submitting the request, which agreement, among other things, shall state the estimated cost and the percentage ther... |
86.26.105 | Comprehensive flood control management plan—Requirements—Time for completion. | A comprehensive flood control management plan shall determine the need for flood control work, consider alternatives to in-stream flood control work, identify and consider potential impacts of in-stream flood control work on the state's in-stream resources, and identify the river's meander belt or floodway. A comprehen... |
87.03.001 | Actions subject to review by boundary review board—Exceptions. | The formation of an irrigation district may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW. The alteration of the boundaries of an irrigation district, including but not limited to a consolidation, addition of lands, exclusion of lands, or merger, may be subject to potential review by... |
87.03.005 | District proposed—Powers, when organized. | Whenever fifty or a majority of the holders of title to, or of evidence of title to land susceptible of "irrigation" desire to organize an irrigation district for any or all of the purposes mentioned in RCW 87.03.010 and 87.03.015 , they may propose the organization of an irrigation district in the manner provided here... |
87.03.010 | Certain purposes for which district may be formed. | An irrigation district may be organized or maintained for any or all the following purposes: (1) The construction or purchase of works, or parts of same, for the irrigation of lands within the operation of the district. (2) The reconstruction, repair or improvement of existing irrigation works. (3) The operation or mai... |
87.03.013 | Development of hydroelectric generation capabilities—Legislative finding, intent—Limitation. | The legislature finds that a significant potential exists for the development of the hydroelectric generation capabilities of present and future irrigation systems serving irrigation districts. The legislature also finds that the development of such hydroelectric generation capabilities is beneficial to the present and... |
87.03.015 | Certain powers of district enumerated—Heat-related alert limitations. | (1) Any irrigation district, operating and maintaining an irrigation system, in addition to other powers conferred by law, shall have authority: (a) To purchase and sell electric power to the inhabitants of the irrigation district for the purposes of irrigation and domestic use; to finance, acquire, construct, own, and... |
87.03.0155 | Contract and formation powers. | (1) An irrigation district may enter into any contract or agreement with, or form a separate legal entity with, one or more of the entities or utilities specified in subsection (3) of this section for any of the following purposes: (a) Purchasing and selling electric power; (b) Developing or owning, or both, electric p... |
87.03.016 | District may provide street lighting—Limitations. | In addition to other powers conferred by law, an irrigation district is authorized to construct, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, maintain, and operate a system for lighting public streets and highways and to enter into a contract or contracts with electric utilities, either public or private, to provide that ser... |
87.03.017 | District may assist residential owners in financing for conservation of energy—When—Plan—Limitations. | Any irrigation district engaged in the distribution of energy is hereby authorized, within limits established by the Constitution of the state of Washington, to assist the owners of residential structures in financing the acquisition and installation of materials and equipment, for compensation or otherwise, for the co... |
87.03.0175 | District assistance for conservation, improvement, preservation, and efficient use. | (1) Any irrigation district organized under this chapter may, for compensation, reimbursement, or otherwise, within limits established by the state Constitution, assist the owners of land receiving water distributed by the irrigation district or discharging, with the district's approval, water from the land into irriga... |
87.03.018 | Creation of legal authority to carry out powers—Method—Indebtedness. | Two or more irrigation districts may create a separate legal authority to carry out any or all of the powers described in RCW 87.03.015 . To enable such a legal authority to carry out its delegated powers, the irrigation districts creating the authority may assign, convey, or otherwise transfer to it any or all of thei... |
87.03.019 | Cooperative watershed management. | In addition to the authority provided throughout this title, an irrigation district, reclamation district, and similar districts organized pursuant to the authority of this title may participate in and expend revenue on cooperative watershed management actions, including watershed management partnerships under RCW 39.3... |
87.03.020 | Organization of district—Petition—Bond—Notice—Hearing—Order—Notice of election. | For the purpose of organizing an irrigation district, a petition, signed by the required number of holders of title or evidence of title to land within the proposed district, shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the lands, or the greater portion thereof, are situated, which pet... |
87.03.025 | State lands situated in or taken into district—Procedure—Assessments, collection. | Whenever public lands of the state are situated in or taken into an irrigation district they shall be treated the same as other lands, except as hereinafter provided. The commissioner of public lands shall be served with a copy of the petition proposing to include such lands, together with a map of the district and not... |
87.03.030 | Elections are governed by irrigation district laws. | All elections of irrigation districts, general or special, for any district purpose and in any county of the state shall be called, noticed, and conducted in accordance with the laws of the state, specifically relating to irrigation districts.
[ 1951 c 201 s 1 . Formerly RCW 87.01.095 .]
Validation — 1951 c 201: "All i... |
87.03.031 | Absentee voting. | Any qualified district elector shall be entitled to vote by absentee ballot in the manner herein provided.
[ 2025 c 191 s 1 ; 2013 c 23 s 481 ; 1961 c 105 s 2 . Formerly RCW 87.01.096 .] |
87.03.032 | Absentee voting—Notice of election, contents—Ballot and form of certificate of qualifications to be furnished—Mail-in ballots. | (1) The notice of election shall conform to the requirements for election notices provided by this chapter for the election being held, and shall specify that any qualified district elector may vote by absentee ballot, and that a ballot and form of certificate of qualifications will be furnished to him or her on writte... |
87.03.033 | Absentee or mail-in voting—Statement of qualifications—Form of ballot. | (1) To be counted in a given election, an absentee ballot or ballots in a mail-in election must conform to these requirements: (a) It must be sealed in a security envelope, which may provide instructions for completing the ballot and which position is being contested, but have no other marks that would identify the ele... |
87.03.034 | Absentee voting—How incoming ballots are handled—Canvass—Statement of result of both regular and absentee ballots. | (1) Absentee ballots shall be accumulated and kept, unopened, by the district's secretary until the time in which such ballots may be received is closed. The secretary shall deliver them to the board of directors as early as practicable on the following day. That board shall proceed at once to determine whether the vot... |
87.03.035 | Elections to form district—How conducted. | The board of county commissioners shall establish a convenient number of election precincts in the proposed district and define the boundaries thereof, and designate a polling place and appoint the necessary election officers for each precinct; which precincts may thereafter be changed by the district board. The electi... |
87.03.040 | Elections to form district—Canvass of returns—Order. | The board of county commissioners shall meet on the second Monday after the election and canvass the returns, and if it appears that at least two-thirds of all the votes cast are in favor of the district the board shall by an order declare the district duly organized and shall declare the qualified persons receiving th... |
87.03.045 | Qualifications of voters and directors—Districts of 200,000 acres. | In districts with 200,000 acres or more, a person 18 years old, being a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state and who holds title or evidence of title to land that is assessed or is assessable by the district pursuant to federal and state law, in the district or proposed district shall be entitled to... |
87.03.051 | Qualifications of voters and directors—Districts of less than 200,000 acres. | In districts with less than 200,000 acres, a person 18 years old, being a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state and who holds title or evidence of title to land in the district or proposed district that is assessed or is assessable by the district pursuant to federal and state law, shall be entitled ... |
87.03.056 | Election security requirements. | The following election security requirements apply to districts that qualify and have designated their own treasurer as provided in RCW 87.03.440 : (1) At all times when ballots are being controlled including, but not limited to, receipt, opening of ballots, certification, tabulation, reconciliation, or any other type ... |
87.03.058 | Election security requirements—Willful violation—Penalties. | (1) Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of RCW 87.03.056 (1) through (3) is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under RCW 9A.20.021 . (2) Any person who, without lawful authority, removes a ballot from a polling place or ballot drop location is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under RCW... |
87.03.071 | Certain districts—Individual ownerships—Two votes. | In any irrigation district where more than 50 percent of the total acreage of the district is owned in individual ownerships of less than five acres, each elector who is otherwise qualified to vote pursuant to RCW 87.03.051 shall be entitled to two votes regardless of the size of ownership. Each ownership shall be repr... |
87.03.075 | Ballots in all elections—Declaration of candidacy—Petition of nomination—When election not required. | Voting in an irrigation district shall be by ballot. Ballots shall be of uniform size and quality, provided by the district, and for the election of directors shall contain only the names of the candidates who have filed with the secretary of the district a declaration of their candidacy by submitting a petition of nom... |
87.03.080 | Directors—Election—Terms—Increase and decrease. | An election of directors in an irrigation district shall be held on the second Tuesday of December of each year, and the term of each director shall be three years from the first Tuesday of January following his or her election. The directors elected at the organization election shall serve until their successors are e... |
87.03.081 | Directors—Vacancies, how filled. | A vacancy in the office of director shall be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proceedings for the organization of the district were had. At the next annual election occurring thirty days or more after the date of the appointment, a successor shall be elected who shal... |
87.03.082 | Directors—Oaths of office—Secretary. | Each director shall take and subscribe an official oath for the faithful discharge of the duties of his or her office and the oath shall be recorded and filed with the secretary of the board of directors. The secretary shall take and subscribe a written oath of office, which shall be approved and filed as in the case o... |
87.03.083 | Directors—Recall and discharge. | Every member of an irrigation district board of directors is subject to recall and discharge by the legal voters of such district pursuant to the provisions of chapter 29A.56 RCW.
[ 2015 c 53 s 103 ; 1979 ex.s. c 185 s 15 .]
Effective date — Severability — 1979 ex.s. c 185: See notes following RCW 87.03.013 . |
87.03.085 | Post-organization district elections—Election boards—Notice. | (1) Fifteen days before any election held under this chapter, subsequent to the organization of any district, the secretary of the board of directors shall cause notices to be posted in three public places in each election precinct, of the time and place of holding the election. The secretary shall also post a general ... |
87.03.090 | Post-organization district elections—Election officers—Voting hours. | The inspector is chair of the election board, and may First: Administer all oaths required in the progress of an election. Second: Appoint judges and clerks, if, during the progress of the election, any judge or clerk cease to act. Any member of the board of election, or any clerk thereof, may administer and certify oa... |
87.03.095 | Post-organization district elections—Counting votes—Record of ballots. | Voting may commence as soon as the polls are opened, and may be continued during all the time the polls remain opened. As soon as the polls are closed, the judges shall open the ballot box and commence counting the votes; and in no case shall the ballot box be removed from the room in which the election is held until a... |
87.03.100 | Post-organization district elections—Certification of returns—Preservation for recount. | As soon as all the votes are read off and counted, a certificate shall be drawn upon each of the papers containing the poll list and tallies, or attached thereto, stating the number of votes each one voted for has received, and designating the office to fill which he or she was voted for, which number shall be written ... |
87.03.105 | Post-organization district elections—Canvass. | No list, tally paper or certificate returned from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form, if it can be satisfactorily understood. The board of directors must meet at its usual place of meeting on the second Wednesday after each election, to canvass the returns. If, at the time of meeting, the retu... |
87.03.110 | Post-organization district elections—Statement of result of election—Certificate of election. | The secretary of the board of directors must, as soon as the result is declared, enter in the records of such board a statement of such result, which statement must show: (1) The whole number of votes cast in the district; (2) The name of the persons voted for; (3) The office to fill which each person was voted for; (4... |
87.03.115 | Organization of board—Meetings—Quorum—Certain powers and duties. | (1) The directors of the district shall organize as a board and shall elect a president from their number, and appoint a secretary, who shall keep a record of their proceedings. (2) The office of the directors and principal place of business of the district shall be at some place in the county in which the organization... |
87.03.120 | System of drainage, sanitary sewers, or sewage disposal or treatment plants—Question—Notice—Meeting—Resolution. | Whenever, in the judgment of the district board, a system of drainage, sanitary sewers, or sewage disposal or treatment plants for any lands included in the operation of the district will be of special benefit to the lands of the district as a whole, it shall pass a resolution to that effect and call a further meeting ... |
87.03.125 | System of drainage, sanitary sewers, or sewage disposal or treatment plants—Powers upon passage of resolution. | Upon the passing of said resolution, the district shall in all respects have the same power and authority as is now, or may hereafter be, conferred respecting irrigation and all powers in this act conferred upon irrigation districts with respect to irrigation shall be construed to include drainage systems, sanitary sew... |
87.03.130 | District change of name. | Any district heretofore or hereafter organized and existing, may change its name by filing with the board of county commissioners of the county in which was filed the original petition for the organization of the district, a certified copy of a resolution of its board of directors adopted by the unanimous vote of all t... |
87.03.135 | Sale or lease of district personal property. | An irrigation district has the power to sell or lease personal property owned by the district whenever its board of directors, by resolution: Determines that the property is not necessary or needed for the use of the district; and authorizes the sale or lease. No sale or lease of such property shall be made until notic... |
87.03.136 | Sale or lease of district real property. | An irrigation district has the power to sell or lease real property owned by the district whenever its board of directors, by resolution: Determines that the property is not necessary or needed for the use of the district; and authorizes the sale or lease. Notice of the district's intention to sell or lease the propert... |
87.03.137 | Purchase or condemnation for developing hydroelectric generation capabilities—Limitations. | For the purpose of developing hydroelectric generation capabilities in connection with irrigation facilities, the board of directors of an irrigation district shall have the power, in accordance with procedures provided in this chapter, to acquire, either by purchase or condemnation, or other legal means, all lands, wa... |
87.03.138 | Civil immunity of directors, officers, employees, or agents for good faith performance of official duties. | Directors, officers, employees, or agents of irrigation districts shall be immune from civil liability for any cause of action or claim for damages for any mistakes and errors of judgment in the good faith performance of acts within the scope of their official duties involving any discretionary decision or failure to m... |
87.03.139 | Lawful disposal of sewage and waste by others—Immunity. | No irrigation district, its directors, officers, employees, or agents operating and maintaining irrigation works for any purpose authorized by law, including the production of food for human consumption and other agricultural and domestic purposes, is liable for damages to persons or property arising from the disposal ... |
87.03.140 | Board's powers and duties generally—Condemnation procedure. | The board, and its agents and employees, shall have the right to enter upon any land to make surveys, and may locate the necessary irrigation or drainage works, power plants, power sites or power lines and the line for any canal or canals, and the necessary branches of laterals for the same, on any lands which may be d... |
87.03.145 | Condemnation—Finding of benefits and damages—Judgment—Costs. | The jury, or the court if the jury be waived, in such condemnation proceedings shall find and return a verdict for the amount of damages sustained: PROVIDED, That the court or jury, in determining the amount of damages, shall take into consideration the special benefits, if any, that will accrue to the property damaged... |
87.03.150 | Condemnation—Title acquired by district. | The title to all property acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall immediately, and by operation of law, vest in such irrigation district and shall be held by such district in trust for, and is hereby dedicated and set apart to the uses and purposes set forth in this chapter; and said board is hereby authori... |
87.03.155 | Conveyances—Actions by and against district. | The said board is hereby authorized and empowered to take conveyances or other assurances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this act, in the name of such irrigation district, to and for the uses and purposes herein expressed, and to institute and maintain any and all actions and proceedings, suits... |
87.03.158 | Officers, employees, agents—Legal representation—Costs of defense. | The board of directors of an irrigation district may authorize an attorney of its choosing to defend an officer, employee, or agent of the district, present or former, who requests representation as a result of an action, claim, or proceeding instituted against him or her. The costs of defense, including attorney's fee... |
87.03.160 | Group insurance—Purchase. | The board of directors of irrigation districts shall have the authority and power to contract for and to pay the premium upon group life, health and accident insurance upon its employees; and to make all such insurance available to its directors, subject to payment by the directors of all costs of insurance for directo... |
87.03.162 | Liability insurance for officials and employees. | The board of directors of each irrigation district may purchase liability insurance with such limits as they may deem reasonable for the purpose of protecting their officials and employees against liability for personal or bodily injuries and property damage arising from their acts or omissions while performing or in g... |
87.03.165 | Proposed works—Surveys, maps and plans to be prepared. | For the purpose of construction, reconstruction, betterment, extension or acquisition of the necessary property and rights therefor, and otherwise carrying out the provisions of law relating to irrigation districts, the board of directors of any such district must, as soon after such district has been organized as may ... |
87.03.170 | Proposed works—Certification filed with director of ecology. | Such examinations, surveys, maps, plans and specifications with estimates of cost as are deemed necessary for an understanding of the proposed plan of development shall be certified by the district board and its engineer and filed with the state director of ecology at Olympia, Washington.
[ 1988 c 127 s 41 ; 1923 c 138... |
87.03.175 | Proposed works—Director's findings to district board. | Said director shall forthwith consider said certified report and if he or she deem it advisable make, through the appropriate divisions of his or her department, additional studies of the project at the expense of the district, and as soon as practicable thereafter, but in any event within ninety days from the receipt ... |
87.03.180 | Proposed works—Substance of director's findings. | In his or her findings said state director shall give generally his or her conclusions regarding the supply of water available for the project, the nature of the soil proposed to be irrigated and its susceptibility to irrigation, the duty of water for irrigation and the probable need of drainage, the probable cost of w... |
87.03.185 | Proposed works—Reclamation Service may make findings. | In the case of an irrigation district under contract or in cooperation with the United States under the provisions of the United States Reclamation Act, the investigation and findings above required to be made by the state director of ecology may be made by the United States Reclamation Service with the same authority ... |
87.03.190 | Proposed works—Plan of development—Special election. | Upon receipt of said findings the district board shall thereupon finally determine the plan of development and estimate and determine the amount of money to be raised and shall immediately thereafter call a special election as provided by law.
[1923 c 138 s 7, part; RRS s 7431 1/2-5. Formerly RCW 87.12.050 .]
Elections... |
87.03.195 | Proposed works—Certain irrigation districts excepted. | As to irrigation districts existing on March 17, 1923, the provisions of RCW 87.03.165 through 87.03.190 relating to the filing of examinations, surveys, maps, plans and specifications of the plan of development with the director of ecology and to an examination and the filing of findings and conclusions by that depart... |
87.03.200 | Bonds—Election for—Form and contents—Exchange—Cancellation—Sale and issue—Reissue—Election concerning contract with United States—Penalty. | (1) At the election provided for in RCW 87.03.190 , there shall be submitted to the electors of the district possessing the qualifications prescribed by law the question of whether or not the bonds of the district in the amount and of the maturities determined by the board of directors shall be issued. Bonds issued und... |
87.03.205 | Sections exclusive of other bonding methods—Validation. | The procedure outlined in RCW 87.03.165 through 87.03.190 , 87.03.200 , and in 87.03.210, for the authorization, issuance and disposal of bonds as heretofore constituted and shall hereafter constitute a method independent and exclusive of that provided by any other statute or statutes, for the authorization, issuance a... |
87.03.210 | Sale or pledge of bonds. | (1) The board may sell the bonds of the district or pledge the same to the United States from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise money for the construction, reconstruction, betterment or extension of such canals and works, the acquisition of said property and property rig... |
87.03.215 | Payment of bonds and interest, other indebtedness—Lien, enforcement of—Scope of section. | Said bonds and interest thereon and all payments due or to become due to the United States or the state of Washington under any contract between the district and the United States or the state of Washington accompanying which bonds of the district have not been deposited with the United States or the state of Washingto... |
87.03.235 | Rights of federal agencies as to certain district bonds. | If the United States under any act of congress or under rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of the interior, shall be willing to guarantee the interest upon bonds of any irrigation district, or shall be willing to receive bonds of any such district in payment of, or as security for payment upon, any contract... |
87.03.240 | Assessments, how and when made—Assessment roll. | (1) Assessments made in order to carry out the purpose of this act shall be made in proportion to the benefits accruing to the lands assessed and equitable credit shall be given to the lands having a partial or full water right: PROVIDED, That nothing herein shall be construed to affect or impair the obligation of any ... |
87.03.245 | Deputy secretaries for assessment. | The board of directors must allow the secretary as many deputies, to be appointed by them, as will, in the judgment of the board, enable him or her to complete the assessment within the time herein prescribed. The board must fix the compensation of such deputies for the time actually engaged.
[ 2013 c 23 s 495 ; 1919 c... |
87.03.250 | Assessment roll to be filed—Notice of equalization. | On or before the first Tuesday in September in each year to and including the year 1923, and on or before the first Tuesday in November beginning with the year 1924 and each year thereafter, the secretary must complete his or her assessment roll and deliver it to the board, who must immediately give a notice thereof, a... |
87.03.255 | Equalization of assessments. | Upon the day specified in the notice required by RCW 87.03.250 for the meeting, the board of directors, which is hereby constituted a board of equalization for that purpose, shall meet and continue in session from day to day as long as may be necessary, not to exceed ten days, exclusive of Sundays, to hear and determin... |
87.03.260 | Levies, amount—Special funds—Failure to make levy, procedure. | The board of directors shall in each year before said roll is delivered by the secretary to the respective county treasurers, levy an assessment sufficient to raise the ensuing annual interest on the outstanding bonds, and all payments due or to become due in the ensuing year to the United States or the state of Washin... |
87.03.265 | Lien of assessment. | The assessment upon real property shall be a lien against the property assessed, from and after the first day of January in the year in which it is levied, but as between grantor and grantee such lien shall not attach until the county treasurer has completed the property tax roll for the current year's collection and p... |
87.03.270 | Assessments, when delinquent—Assessment book, purpose—Statement of assessments due—Collection—Additional fee for delinquency. | The assessment roll, before its equalization and adoption, shall be checked and compared as to descriptions and ownerships, with the county treasurer's land rolls. On or before the fifteenth day of January in each year the secretary must deliver the assessment roll or the respective segregation thereof to the county tr... |
87.03.271 | Lien for delinquent assessment to include costs and interest. | The lien for delinquent assessments shall include the district's and treasurer's costs attributable to the delinquency and interest at the rate of twelve percent per year, computed monthly and without compounding, on the assessments and costs. The word "costs" as used in this section includes all costs of collection, i... |
87.03.272 | Secretary may act as collection agent of nondelinquent assessments—Official bond—Collection procedure—Delinquency list. | Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 87.03.260 , 87.03.270 , 87.03.440 , and 87.03.445 , the board of directors of any district acting as fiscal agent for the United States or the state of Washington for the collection of any irrigation charges may authorize the secretary of the district to act as the exclusive collec... |
87.03.275 | Medium of payment of assessments. | All assessments and tolls authorized under this act shall be paid in legal tender of the United States except that assessments and tolls levied for the expense fund of the district may be paid with district warrants issued in payment for labor hired by the district, at par without interest drawn on the expense fund in ... |
87.03.277 | Payment by credit cards, charge cards, and other electronic communication. | Irrigation districts that have designated their own treasurers as provided in RCW 87.03.440 may accept credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, smart cards, stored value cards, federal wire, and automatic clearinghouse system transactions, or other electronic communication, for any payment of any kind including, but no... |
87.03.280 | Cancellation of assessments due United States—Procedure. | Where any district under contract with the United States has levied any assessment for the collection of money payable to the United States under such contract, and the secretary of the interior has by agreement with the board of directors of said district, authorized the extension or cancellation of any payments due t... |
87.03.285 | Segregation of assessment—Authorization. | Whenever in the discretion of the board of directors of any irrigation district of the state as determined by resolution, after an assessment roll has been filed with the county treasurer of the appropriate county in accordance with the laws of the state pertaining thereto, the irrigation district assessments against a... |
87.03.290 | Segregation of assessment—Hearing. | When the irrigation district directors shall deem it advisable to make such segregation of assessments they shall by resolution fix the time and place for the hearing of the question concerning the segregation of assessments, which hearing may be at the next regular meeting of the directors of said irrigation district ... |
87.03.295 | Segregation of assessment—Notice of hearing. | Not less than ten days prior to the time and date fixed for said hearing the directors of said irrigation district shall cause notice of the time and place of said hearing to be given by registered mail to every person, firm or corporation having any interest in said property as shown by the county assessor's records o... |
87.03.300 | Segregation of assessment—Order. | In the event said hearing shall result in a determination that in the discretion of the directors of said irrigation district it is advisable that said assessments be segregated and apportioned among the various parcels of said tracts against which the original total assessment was levied, then an order shall be entere... |
87.03.305 | Segregation of assessment—Amendment of roll—Effect. | Upon the filing of the certified copy of said order the county treasurer shall alter and amend the original assessment roll in accordance with said order and thereafter the assessments will be a lien only as shown by said order of segregation and the amended assessment roll as the same shall affect the property upon wh... |
87.03.420 | Evidence of assessment, what is. | The assessment book or delinquent list, or a copy thereof, certified by the secretary, showing unpaid assessments against any person or property, is prima facie evidence of the assessment of the property assessed, the delinquency, the amount of assessments due and unpaid, and that all the forms of law in relation to th... |
87.03.430 | Bonds—Interest payments. | Whenever interest payments on bonds are due, the treasurer of the county shall pay the same from the bond fund belonging to the district and deposited with the treasurer. Whenever, after ten years from the issuance of the bonds, the fund shall amount to the sum of ten thousand dollars, the board of directors may direct... |
87.03.435 | Construction work—Notice—Bids—Contracts—Bonds. | (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section and RCW 87.03.436 , whenever in the construction of the district canal or canals, or other works, or the furnishing of materials therefor, the board of directors shall determine to let a contract or contracts for the doing of the work or the furnishing o... |
87.03.436 | Small works roster. | (1) Until July 1, 2024, all contract projects, the estimated cost of which is less than the amount authorized, may be awarded using the small works roster process under *RCW 39.04.155 . (2) Beginning July 1, 2024, all contract projects, the estimated cost of which is less than the amount authorized, may be awarded usin... |
87.03.437 | Competitive bids—Use of purchase contract process in RCW39.04.190. | (1) Purchases of any materials, supplies, or equipment by the district shall be based on competitive bids except as provided in RCW 87.03.435 and 39.04.280 . A formal sealed bid procedure shall be used as standard procedure for the purchases made by irrigation districts. However, the board may by resolution adopt a pol... |
87.03.438 | "County treasurer," "treasurer of the county," defined. | As used in this chapter, in accordance with RCW 87.03.440 , the term "county treasurer" or "treasurer of the county" or other reference to that office means the treasurer of the district, if the district has designated its own treasurer, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 185 s 16 .]
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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. | The treasurer of the county in which is located the office of the district shall be ex officio treasurer of the district, and any county treasurer handling district funds shall be liable upon his or her official bond and to criminal prosecution for malfeasance and misfeasance, or failure to perform any duty as county o... |
87.03.441 | Temporary funds. | The directors may provide by resolution that the secretary may deposit the following temporary funds in a local bank in the name of the district: (1) A fund to be known as "general fund" in which shall be deposited all moneys received from the sale of land, except such portion thereof as may be obligated for bond redem... |
87.03.442 | Bonds of secretary and depositaries. | The secretary or other authorized person shall issue receipts for all moneys received for deposit in such funds and he or she and any other person handling the funds shall furnish a surety bond to be approved by the board and the attorney for the district, in such amount as the board may designate and conditioned for t... |
87.03.443 | Upgrading and improvement fund authorized—Deposits—Use of funds. | There may be created by each irrigation district or separate legal authority created pursuant to RCW 87.03.018 a fund to be known as the upgrading and improvement fund. The board of directors shall determine what portion of the annual revenue of the irrigation district or separate legal authority will be placed into it... |
87.03.445 | Acquisition, construction, and operating funds—Tolls and assessments, alternative methods of—Liens, foreclosure of—Delinquencies by tenants. | (1) The cost and expense of purchasing and acquiring property, and construction, reconstruction, extension, and betterment of the works and improvements herein provided for, and the expenses incidental thereto, and indebtedness to the United States for district lands assumed by the district, and for the carrying out of... |
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