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87.04.010
Divisions of certain districts required—Number—Directors—Who are electors.
An irrigation district comprising two hundred thousand or more acres, or irrigation districts comprising less than two hundred thousand acres which have followed the optional procedure specified in *this amendatory act, shall be divided into divisions of as nearly equal area as practical, consistent with being fair and...
87.04.020
Director vacancies, how filled.
Vacancies in the representation of director divisions on the board of directors of the irrigation district shall be filled by appointment of an elector of the division concerned, in the same manner and for the same time as provided by law for the filling of vacancies on the board of directors of irrigation districts ge...
87.04.030
New district to be divided by county commissioners—Objections, denial, election.
When a new irrigation district comprising more than two hundred thousand acres has been authorized, pursuant to law, the board of county commissioners shall, within thirty days from the canvassing of the returns, divide the district into director divisions equal to the number of directors, and in the resolution organiz...
87.04.040
Petition to divide or redivide.
Proceedings to divide or redivide a district comprising less than two hundred thousand acres into director divisions, or to redivide the director divisions heretofore established for districts comprising more than two hundred thousand acres, may be initiated by a petition filed with the county commissioners of the coun...
87.04.050
Redivision when number of directors changed or new lands included.
If the number of directors is changed for a district which is divided into director divisions or new lands outside of existing director divisions are included into a district but cannot be added to director divisions as provided in RCW 87.04.055 due to geographic limitations, a petition for redivision or addition shall...
87.04.055
Procedure for adding land to director divisions when new land included in district.
When land located outside existing director divisions is included in an irrigation district such land shall thereby be added to the nearest director division, except that where added lands are adjacent to two or more director divisions, the common boundary lines between the divisions shall be extended in a straight lin...
87.04.058
Application of RCW87.04.030through87.04.055following merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district.
RCW 87.04.030 through 87.04.055 do not apply to redividing a district immediately following a merger as provided in RCW 87.03.849 . [ 1993 c 235 s 9 .]
87.04.060
Time for hearing on petition—Notice, contents.
Upon the filing of the petition the board of county commissioners shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon, which shall be not less than thirty days nor more than forty-five days from the date of filing, and shall cause notice thereof, stating the time, place, and general purpose of the hearing, to be published i...
87.04.070
Hearing—Order of denial or rejection—Election to divide or redivide.
At the hearing or adjournments thereof, which shall not be for more than sixty days in all, the board of county commissioners shall consider the petition and shall hear electors of the district for or against the division or redivision of director divisions and recommendations for the manner in which division should be...
87.04.080
Election of directors—Terms.
At the next general election of directors of a district which has been divided into director divisions, the electors of the first division shall select the director then to be elected on the board, and if more than one director is to be selected, the second division shall select one, and so on in numerical order, until...
87.04.090
Levy limitation until water received when federal works or contracts involved—Exception.
Lands in a district so divided into director divisions, which are to receive water from a system of works to be constructed by the federal government or under a contract between the district and the federal government shall not be assessed more than five cents an acre in any one calendar year until the secretary of the...
87.04.100
Certain excess lands under federal contracts, assessment limitation—Exception.
Lands in such a district, which are designated as excess lands under the act of congress of May 27, 1937, and which have been subscribed by the owner thereof to the excess land contract, shall not be assessed more than above specified until after the date fixed in the contract for the sale of such excess lands, unless ...
87.04.900
Chapter supplemental to other laws—General repealer.
This chapter is intended, and shall be construed, to be supplemental to and shall become a part of the law relating to irrigation districts, and any act or part of the same inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act or any part thereof are hereby repealed. [ 1961 c 192 s 11 ; 1939 c 13 s 11 ; RRS s 750...
87.06.010
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Date of delinquency" means the date when the assessment first became delinquent under chapter 87.03 RCW. (2) "Description of property" means a legal description, the parcel number, tax number, or other des...
87.06.020
Certificates of delinquency—Posting of certificates.
(1) After thirty-six calendar months from the month of the date of delinquency, or twenty-four months from the month of the date of delinquency with respect to any local improvement district assessment, the treasurer shall prepare certificates of delinquency on the property for the unpaid irrigation district assessment...
87.06.030
Provision and review of list of delinquent properties subject to foreclosure—Cost comparison, determination not to foreclose.
Before preparing a certificate of delinquency, the treasurer of a district that has designated its own treasurer as provided in RCW 87.03.440 , shall provide to the board of directors a list of properties that may be subject to foreclosure for delinquent assessments. The board of directors shall review the list of deli...
87.06.040
Commencement of action to foreclose assessment liens—Notice and summons—Recording of notice of lis pendens.
(1) After the completion of the title searches, the treasurer, in the name of the irrigation district, shall commence legal action to foreclose on the assessment liens. The treasurer shall give notice of application for judgment foreclosing assessment liens and summons to all parties in interest as disclosed by the tit...
87.06.050
Payment on certificate of delinquency before foreclosure.
(1) Any party in interest of property for which a certificate of delinquency has been prepared, but against which a foreclosure judgment has not been entered, may pay to the treasurer, in person or by agent, the total amount of the assessment lien, as listed under RCW 87.06.020 (1)(d), plus any additional costs and int...
87.06.060
Combining foreclosure proceedings—Irregularities or informalities in assessment role not illegal—Correction—Interested party may file written answer—Court's proceedings.
(1) The proceedings to foreclose the liens against all properties on a general certificate of delinquency or on more than one individual certificate may be brought in one action. (2) No assessment, costs, or interest may be considered illegal because of any irregularity in the assessment roll or because the assessment ...
87.06.070
Sale of foreclosed property.
(1) If the court renders a judgment of foreclosure, the court shall direct the treasurer to proceed with the sale of the property and shall specify the minimum sale price below which the property is not to be sold. (2) The treasurer shall sell the property to the highest and best bidder. All sales shall be made on Frid...
87.06.080
Notice of foreclosure sale—Conduct of sale—Remittal of excess moneys.
(1) The treasurer shall post notice of the foreclosure sale, at least ten days before the sale, at the following locations: At the courthouse of the county in which the property is located, at the district office, and at a public place in the district. The treasurer shall also publish, at least once and not fewer than ...
87.06.090
Treasurer's deed—Title free from certain encumbrances.
(1) The treasurer shall execute a treasurer's deed to any person who purchases property at the foreclosure sale. The deed shall vest title to the property therein described, without further acknowledgment or evidence of such conveyance, in the grantee or his or her heirs and assigns. The treasurer's deed shall be subst...
87.06.100
Required payments before acquisition at foreclosure sale—Acquisition by irrigation district—District's property stricken from tax rolls—Subsequent purchasers to pay assessments.
(1) Prior to the treasurer executing and conveying the deed, all persons or entities acquiring property at the foreclosure sale shall be required to pay the full amount of all assessments, costs, and interest for which judgment is rendered; and the full amount of the following if due at the time of the foreclosure sale...
87.06.110
Combined foreclosure for district and county assessments.
The board of directors of the irrigation district and the county treasurer may through the interlocal cooperation agreement act, chapter 39.34 RCW, choose to have one of the treasurers proceed with a combined foreclosure for all property taxes, irrigation assessments, and all costs and interest owing to both entities. ...
87.06.120
Application of chapter to properties with assessments delinquent three or more years or acquired by the district under possibly legally defective proceedings.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, certificates of delinquency shall also be issued, and foreclosure proceedings instituted under this chapter, for properties for which assessments have been delinquent for a period of three or more years, if all or part of such period occurred before June 9, 1988...
87.19.005
Method not exclusive.
In addition to any other method of refunding irrigation district bonds authorized by law, bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by any irrigation district in this state may be refunded in whole or in part in the manner hereinafter provided. [ 1933 ex.s. c 11 s 1 ; 1923 c 161 s 1 ; RRS s 7434-1. Formerly RCW 87.19.060 .]...
87.19.010
Refunding bonds authorized—Election.
Whenever the board of directors of any irrigation district shall deem it for the best interest of said district that any or all outstanding bonds of said district be refunded, they shall so declare by resolution duly adopted and recorded in the minutes of said board and shall, with the written approval of the state dir...
87.19.020
Notice and conduct of election.
The notice of election provided for in this chapter shall be given and the election held in all respects in accordance with RCW 87.03.200 , except in each county with a population of one hundred twenty-five thousand or more, where the notice and election shall be held in the manner provided by law for such counties. [ ...
87.19.030
Form of bonds, interest, maturity, etc.
(1) Said bonds shall be issued in series and in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars. The first series shall mature not later than ten years and the last series not later than forty years. Each series shall be numbered from one, up consecutively, shall bear the date of t...
87.19.040
Bonds to be refunded in series.
Where the bonds to be refunded are serial bonds and not subject to call, the refunding bonds or any part of the same may be issued in such series as the board of directors of the district shall deem necessary to take up the series or any part thereof to be refunded, and shall be dated as of the maturity of the series o...
87.19.050
Refunding bonds may be exchanged or sold—Record.
Bonds issued under and by virtue of this chapter may be exchanged for outstanding bonds at not less than the par value of the bonds refunded or may be sold at not less than ninety percent of their par value, and all money derived from the sale of such bonds shall be applied to the redemption of any or all of the outsta...
87.22.010
Refunding authorized.
Any or all bonds heretofore issued by any irrigation district in this state may be refunded as hereinafter provided. [ 1929 c 120 s 1 ; RRS s 7530-1. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1929 c 120 s 40 ; RRS s 7530-40, now codified as RCW 87.22.910 .]
87.22.020
When proceedings may be instituted.
Before any proposition for the issuance of limited liability refunding bonds, as provided for in this chapter, of an irrigation district in this state shall be submitted to the electors thereof, the board of directors of said district shall at their option have authority, upon the written consent of the owners of at le...
87.22.030
Petition—Contents.
The said board of directors shall institute such proceedings by filing a petition in the superior court of the county in which the greater part of the lands in the district are situated. Said petition shall give the name of the district, shall set out the nature of its water rights and the general character of its irri...
87.22.040
Schedule of maximum benefits.
There shall accompany said petition as an exhibit thereto a schedule of maximum benefits and of irrigable acreage for all the respective lands in the district. Such schedule shall contain in appropriate columns the name of the person to whom such tract of real property was assessed and the description of said property ...
87.22.050
Hearing, time and place of.
Upon the filing of said petition with the schedule of irrigable acreage and maximum benefits, the court shall fix a time and place for hearing the same and shall order the secretary of the district to give and publish a notice of said hearing. Said hearing may be held at the place fixed in the order and may be adjourne...
87.22.060
Notice—Service.
The notice of said hearing shall be given and published in the same manner, except as herein otherwise provided, and for the same length of time that a notice of a special election to determine whether the bonds of the district shall be issued is required to be given and published. [ 1929 c 120 s 6 ; RRS s 7530-6. FORM...
87.22.065
Notice—Contents.
Said notice shall state that the district (naming it) proposes to issue and dispose of a refunding bond issue specifying the amount; that proceedings have been instituted in the superior court of the state of Washington in and for the specified county to determine the maximum benefits to be received by the lands within...
87.22.070
Hearing—Decree.
At the time and place stated in the notice of said hearing, the court shall consider said petition and shall receive such pertinent evidence as may be offered in support thereof or against the same, shall enter a decree fully determining the maximum benefits received by and the irrigable acreage in, the several tracts ...
87.22.080
Benefits, how determined—Dismissal—Continuance—Waiver.
The maximum benefits accruing to the several tracts of land in the district from the proposed refunding bond issue shall be considered as new and independent of that accruing from the bonds to be refunded and in determining the maximum benefits as prayed for in said petition, the court shall not be limited to a conside...
87.22.085
Irrigable acreage, how determined.
In determining the irrigable acreage as provided herein, the court shall consider all lands included in the district capable of being used for agricultural purposes, provided that no lands shall be found to be irrigable which are not irrigable from the plan of the irrigation works of the district; and provided that not...
87.22.090
Appellate review.
Appellate review of the judgment entered in said proceedings may be sought in the same manner as in other cases in equity. [ 1988 c 202 s 88 ; 1971 c 81 s 173 ; 1929 c 120 s 11 ; RRS s 7530-11.] Severability — 1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050 .
87.22.100
Final judgment conclusive.
The judgment of the court determining maximum benefits and the irrigable acreage in such proceedings, unless appealed from within the time prescribed by law, and upon final judgment on appeal, shall be conclusive, except as herein otherwise provided, upon and against each and every owner of said bonds issued as propose...
87.22.105
Final judgment conclusive—Exception.
Said judgment shall be final and conclusive upon and against all lands in the district on appeal as aforesaid, except as to the particular tract or tracts involved in the appeal. [ 1929 c 120 s 13 ; RRS s 7530-13. Formerly RCW 87.22.100 , part.]
87.22.110
Transcript to other counties.
A transcript of so much of the judgment in said proceedings as pertain to the lands situated in each county other than the one in which the proceedings were instituted shall be certified by the clerk of the court and mailed to the county clerk of each of said other counties respectively for record among the recorded ju...
87.22.120
Election—Question to electors.
Upon final determination of maximum benefits and irrigable acreage aforesaid, the board of directors of the district shall submit to the electors of the district possessing the qualifications prescribed by the irrigation district law the question whether refunding bonds of the district in amount and of the maturity pro...
87.22.125
Election—Procedure.
Except as herein otherwise specifically provided said election shall be called, noticed, conducted and the results thereof determined in the same manner and by the same officials as that provided by law for the calling, noticing, conducting and canvassing of original bond elections in irrigated districts. [ 1929 c 120 ...
87.22.130
Election—Notice, contents.
The notice of said election shall specify the time and place of the election, the amount of the proposed refunding bonds, the maturity, the schedule of the minimum annual payments of the principal thereof and the maximum annual rate of interest said bonds shall bear, as approved by the court in the decree determining m...
87.22.140
Election—Majority vote affirmative, procedure.
If a majority of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the proposed refunding issue the board of directors shall thereupon have authority to cause refunding bonds of the district in the amount and on the basis of the plan of payment and rate of interest proposed, to be issued and exchanged as herein provided....
87.22.145
Exchange of bonds.
Refunding bonds provided for under this chapter may be exchanged for any or all of the bonds to be refunded on such basis as may be agreed upon between the board of directors of the district and the bond owners: PROVIDED, That said refunding bonds shall not be issued in a greater sum than the total aggregate face value...
87.22.150
Form of bonds—Manner of payment—Interest rate.
(1) Said refunding bonds shall be issued in such denominations as the board shall determine, but in the same denominations so far as practicable as the bonds to be refunded and shall mature at the date specified in the notice of election but not in any event later than thirty years from the date thereof, and shall be p...
87.22.160
Interest on unpaid bond installments—When payable.
All unpaid installments on account of the principal of said refunding bonds shall bear interest from the date of the bonds at a rate or rates as authorized by the board of directors of the district. Different installments of the principal of said bonds may bear different rates of interest if it is so provided in the bo...
87.22.165
Bond payments, where payable.
Both principal and interest shall be made payable at the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the office of the board of directors of the district is situated. [ 1929 c 120 s 22 ; RRS s 7530-22. Formerly RCW 87.22.160 , part.]
87.22.170
Bond contents—Transferability—Priority.
Said bonds shall express upon their face that they were issued by authority of this chapter, stating its title and date of approval, that the district reserves the right to pay on account of the principal thereof annual installments at a greater rate than the minimum rate stated in the bonds, that said bonds are transf...
87.22.175
Bonds—Signature—Registration book.
Said bonds shall be signed by the president of the board and secretary of the district and the seal of the district shall be impressed thereon. The term "registration book" as used in chapter 87.22 RCW shall constitute the method of registration adopted in conformance with RCW 39.46.030 . [ 1983 c 167 s 233 ; 1929 c 12...
87.22.190
Transfer on registration book required.
Said bonds shall be transferable only on the registration book and any attempted transfer of said bonds not recorded in said registration book shall be void so far as the rights of the district are concerned. [ 1983 c 167 s 234 ; 1929 c 120 s 26 ; RRS s 7530-26. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1929 c 120 s 27 ; RRS s 7530-27, ...
87.22.200
Bonds of equal priority.
Said bonds shall be of equal priority and shall be paid on a pro rata basis, in proportion to their respective face values, PROVIDED, That for purposes of identification only said bonds may be numbered consecutively. [ 1929 c 120 s 28 ; RRS s 7530-28.]
87.22.210
Payment to record owner.
Payment by the said county treasurer of any installment of or interest on said bonds, or any of the same, to the recorded owner thereof as shown on said registration book shall constitute a valid payment, without surrender of said bonds or any of the same, provided that final payment on account of any bond shall not be...
87.22.215
Payment to agent.
Any bondholder or group of bondholders shall have the right to request said county treasurer in writing to pay the interest and installments of principal of his or her or their bond or bonds to such agent as may be designated in said request and payment to said agent shall constitute a valid payment to the record owner...
87.22.230
Assessments—Limitations.
No tract of land shall be assessed by the district during the life of the proposed bonds when issued for the purpose of paying the principal of or interest on said bonds in an aggregate amount in excess of double the amount determined in the decree fixing maximum benefits under subdivision (1) of RCW 87.22.040 , togeth...
87.22.240
Assessments—Methods of payment.
The owner of any land within said irrigation district which shall be liable for payment of said refunding bonds shall have the right to pay the same in said annual or semiannual installments or to make payment at any time when installments are due as in this section provided: (1) To pay an amount equal to the amount fi...
87.22.245
Assessments—Receipts.
In case the owner of any land within an irrigation district shall make payment in accordance with the second provision in RCW 87.22.240 , the county treasurer shall issue to such landowner a receipt stating that such payments have been made and that such lands shall thereafter be subject only to the assessments provide...
87.22.250
Assessments—Payment in money only.
Full payment of the decreed maximum benefits accruing to any tract of land aforesaid can be made by the payment of money only and no sale of any tract of land on account of delinquent district assessments shall be construed as a satisfaction chargeable against the amount of maximum benefits decreed as accruing to said ...
87.22.260
Sale or lease of foreclosed land—Disposition of proceeds.
In any instance where an irrigation district having outstanding refunding bonds issued under the provision of this chapter, sells or rents a tract of land previously acquired by sale on account of delinquent district assessments, the proceeds of said sale or lease shall be distributed to the expense fund and the refund...
87.22.270
Excess in bond fund—Apportionment.
When the money in the refunding bond fund reaches an excess of ten percent of the amount necessary to meet the total aggregate minimum annual installment of the principal of said bonds and interest next payable, it shall be the duty of said treasurer to apportion said excess to the several bondholders on a pro rata bas...
87.22.275
Rights of bond owners—Lien of bonds—Manner of payment.
Except as herein otherwise specifically provided, refunding bonds, authorized, issued and disposed of under the provisions of this chapter shall entitle the owners thereof to the same rights and privileges, shall constitute a lien on the same property and shall be paid in the same manner as the original bonds refunded ...
87.22.280
Judicial confirmation.
Proceedings had for the authorization, issuance and disposal of refunding bonds provided for herein may be considered, confirmed and approved by the court in proceedings authorized by the irrigation district act in the same manner and with the same effect, as proceedings had for authorization, issuance and disposal of ...
87.22.910
Construction—Chapter additional method.
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be deemed or construed as abridging, enlarging or modifying any existing statute relating to refunding bonds of irrigation districts. This chapter is intended as an independent act providing an additional method for the issuance of refunding bonds of such districts. [ 1929 c 120 ...
87.25.010
Resolution to certify—Investigation.
Whenever the board of directors of any irrigation district, organized and existing under and pursuant to the laws of the state of Washington, shall by resolution declare that it deems it desirable that any contemplated or outstanding bonds of such district, including any of its bonds authorized but not sold, be certifi...
87.25.020
Request for information—Compliance.
In connection with the investigation and report provided for in this chapter, the director of ecology is authorized and directed to make written request upon any state officer, institution or department for information, opinion or advice relative to any features of such investigation pertinent to the work of such offic...
87.25.030
Transcript to attorney general—Report filed with secretary of state.
If, after the investigation herein provided for, the director finds that the project of the district is feasible, that the bond issue proposed to be certified is necessary and in sufficient amount to complete the improvement contemplated and that the district shows a clear probability of successful operation, he or she...
87.25.040
Contents of director's report.
Said report filed with the secretary of state shall contain conclusions upon the following points: (1) The supply of water available for the project and the right of the district to so much water as may be needed. (2) The nature of the soil as to its fertility and susceptibility to irrigation, the probable amount of wa...
87.25.050
Certificates to be attached to reports.
Attached to said report of said director shall be the following: (1) A certificate signed by the director of ecology certifying to the amount and sufficiency of water rights available for the project. (2) A certificate signed by a soil expert of the Washington State University, certifying as to the character of the soi...
87.25.060
Supplemental report.
When the proposed bond issue has been finally approved by the director, he or she shall file a supplemental report with the secretary of state giving the numbers, date or dates of issue, and denominations of said bonds which shall then be entitled to certification as herein provided. [ 2013 c 23 s 515 ; 1923 c 51 s 6 ;...
87.25.070
Form of secretary of state's certificate.
All bonds issued by any eligible district availing itself of the provisions of this chapter shall, before sale by the district, have attached thereto the certificate of the secretary of state, essentially in the following form: Olympia, Washington, . . . .(Insert date). . . . . I, . . . . . ., secretary of state of the...
87.25.090
Expense to be paid by district.
All necessary expenses incurred in making the investigation, examination, opinions and reports in this chapter provided for shall be paid at such times and in such manner as the director of ecology shall require, by the irrigation district, the affairs of which have been investigated and reported on by the said directo...
87.25.100
Expenditures of bond proceeds—Employment and payment of attorneys.
Whenever the bonds of any irrigation district have been certified, as provided in this chapter, no expenditures shall be made from the proceeds of such bonds, nor shall any liability chargeable against such proceeds be incurred, until there shall have been filed with and approved by the director of ecology a schedule o...
87.25.120
Inspection of work as it progresses.
During the progress of any work to be paid for from the proceeds of any bond issue certified as in this chapter provided, the director of ecology shall make or cause to be made, from time to time, at the expense of the district, such inspection of the work as may be necessary to enable the said department to know that ...
87.25.125
Certification in installments.
Whenever the survey, examinations, drawings, and plans of an irrigation district, and the estimate of cost based thereon, shall provide that the works necessary for a completed project shall be constructed progressively over a period of years in accordance with a plan or schedule adopted by resolution of the board of d...
87.25.130
Forms prescribed.
Districts coming within the provisions of this chapter shall prepare and maintain all records of their operation and proceedings upon forms prescribed by the director of ecology. [ 1988 c 127 s 58 ; 1923 c 51 s 12 ; RRS s 7432-12.]
87.25.140
Expenditures for construction—Approval—Budget.
When the bonds of any district have been certified as provided herein, it shall be unlawful for the district, during the life of said bonds to expend any money or incur any obligation for construction purposes without the written approval of the director of ecology, nor shall such district issue and sell any bonds not ...
87.28.005
"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 17 .] Effectiv...
87.28.010
Revenue bonds authorized.
The board of directors of any irrigation district in this state which is furnishing or may furnish irrigation water, domestic water, electric power, drainage or sewerage services for which rates or tolls and charges are imposed or contract payments made, or any combination of such services, shall have authority to issu...
87.28.015
Interest bearing warrants authorized—Form, covenants, issuance and sale.
Irrigation districts may also issue interest bearing warrants to provide interim financing pending the issuance of district revenue bonds. The items, form and content, and the manner of the issuance and sale of such interest bearing warrants as well as any covenants for the redemption of such warrants shall be establis...
87.28.020
Form and terms of bonds.
(1) Said bonds shall be in such form as the board of directors shall determine; shall be in bearer form or registered as to principal or interest or both as provided in RCW 39.46.030 , and may provide for conversion between registered and coupon bonds; shall be in such denominations, shall be numbered, shall bear such ...
87.28.030
Bonds payable only from special funds—Lien on revenues.
The board of directors of the issuing district shall have authority and is required to create a special fund or funds to be carried in said county treasurer's office for the account of the district for the sole purpose of paying the interest and principal of such bonds. The board of directors of the issuing district sh...
87.28.035
Determining amount payable into special funds.
In creating such special fund or funds the board of directors of the district shall have due regard for the cost of the operation and maintenance of the district system required by the district to furnish said irrigation water, domestic water, electric power, drainage, or sewer service, as the case may be, and shall no...
87.28.040
Bonds do not constitute general debt of district.
Any such bonds, and interest thereon, issued against a special fund as herein provided shall be a valid claim of the owner thereof only as against said special fund or funds and its fixed proportion or amount of the revenue pledged to such fund or funds and shall not constitute a general indebtedness against the issuin...
87.28.070
Sale of bonds.
(1) Such revenue bonds shall be sold in such manner as the board of directors shall deem for the best interests of the irrigation district, either at public or at private sale and at any price and at any rate or rates of interest, but if the board of directors shall dispose of said bonds in exchange for construction of...
87.28.090
Board to set rates to provide necessary revenues.
The board of directors of any irrigation district issuing such revenue bonds shall provide for revenues by fixing rates and charges for furnishing the service involved as the board shall deem necessary, in the manner provided by law and as fixed by resolution, the total revenues to be so estimated and determined as to ...
87.28.100
Fixed share of revenues must be paid into special fund.
When a special fund has been created and bonds have been issued as herein provided, the fixed proportion or amount of the revenues pledged to the payment of the bonds and interest shall be set aside and paid into the special fund monthly as collected, as provided in the resolution creating the fund, and in case any irr...
87.28.103
Election on proposed bond issue—Exception.
When the directors of the district have decided to issue revenue bonds as herein provided, they shall call a special election in the irrigation district at which election shall be submitted to the electors thereof possessing the qualifications prescribed by law the question whether revenue bonds of the district in the ...
87.28.108
Payment of bonds—Covenants for securing authorized—Scope.
The board of directors 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 su...
87.28.110
Payment of bonds.
Said county treasurer shall have authority to pay said bonds and any appurtenant coupons in accordance with their terms from any moneys on hand in said special fund and when said bonds with interest have been fully paid, any moneys remaining in the fund shall be transferred to the expense fund of the district and the s...
87.28.120
Objects executed by resolution—Determining legality of proceedings.
The board of directors of the issuing district shall have full authority by resolution to carry out the objects of this chapter in accordance with the provisions hereof and the same shall be liberally construed. The court shall have full jurisdiction under the irrigation district law to examine and determine the legali...
87.28.150
Refunding revenue bonds authorized—Revenue bond redemption fund established—Use.
The board of directors of any irrigation district may, by resolution, without submitting the matter to the voters of the district, provide for the issuance of refunding revenue bonds to refund one or more of the following: Outstanding assessment bonds, revenue bonds, contracts with the United States or state of Washing...
87.28.200
Utility local improvement districts—Authorized—Special assessments—Limitations.
Any irrigation district shall have the power to establish utility local improvement districts within its territory and to levy special assessments within such utility local improvement districts in the same manner as provided for irrigation district local improvement districts: PROVIDED, That it must be specified in an...
87.28.210
Utility local improvement districts—Conversion of local improvement districts to.
The board of directors of any irrigation district may by resolution convert any then existing local improvement district into a utility local improvement district at any time prior to the adoption of a resolution approving and confirming the initial assessment roll of such local improvement district. The resolution so ...
87.48.010
Contracts for indemnity authorized.
Any irrigation district by and through its board of directors is hereby authorized and shall have the power to enter into a contract with the state of Washington whereby it shall agree to repay to the state of Washington any expenses incurred by the state of Washington and to indemnify the state of Washington against a...
87.48.020
Approval of contract—Execution—State obligation to enter into land settlement contract with federal government.
When any such irrigation district shall have duly executed and tendered to the state of Washington the contract of indemnity as it is herein empowered to do, the director of ecology is hereby authorized, empowered and required to sign and execute such contract on behalf of the state of Washington. After having received...