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87.48.030 | Assessments—Indemnity fund—Transfer to maintenance fund, when. | Any such irrigation district which shall have entered into any such contract of indemnity with the state of Washington is hereby empowered and shall annually be required to levy assessments against all the property within said district from time to time in such amounts as shall enable it to reasonably anticipate and pr... |
87.48.040 | Estimate of expenses and losses—Payment. | When the state of Washington shall be required to make any payment or expend any money in the performance of any such contract entered into with the United States, an estimate of the amount of expenses likely to be incurred in such performance, together with an estimate of future losses or damages that may occur under ... |
87.52.001 | Actions subject to review by boundary review board. | Actions taken under chapter 87.52 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 s 67 .] |
87.52.010 | Dissolution authorized. | Any irrigation district, organized and existing by virtue of laws of this state, which has no bonded indebtedness outstanding, may be disorganized and its business and affairs liquidated and wound up in the manner hereinafter provided.
[ 1897 c 79 s 1 ; RRS s 7526. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1897 c 79 s 2 ; RRS s 7527, no... |
87.52.015 | Petition. | A petition signed by one-third or more holders of title or evidence of title to lands within said district who shall be qualified electors thereof, reciting the fact that said district has no bonded indebtedness and praying that said district be disorganized under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 , sha... |
87.52.030 | Election—Ballots—Qualified electors. | Upon the delivery of said petition the board of directors of said irrigation district shall, at their next succeeding regular monthly meeting, order an election, the date of which election shall be within twenty days from the date of said meeting of the board of directors and which election shall be conducted as other ... |
87.52.040 | Vote required—Petition to court—Notice and publication of hearing—Court order. | If three-fifths of the votes cast at any election under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 shall contain the words "Disorganize, Yes," then the board of directors shall present to the superior judge of the county in which said irrigation district is located an application for an order of said superior co... |
87.52.060 | Board of directors as trustees—Duties—Records to be delivered to clerk. | Upon the disorganization of any irrigation district under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 , the board of directors at the time of the disorganization shall be trustees of the creditors and of the property holders of said district for the purpose of collecting and paying all indebtedness of said distri... |
87.52.070 | Dissolution when not brought under irrigation for twenty years. | Any irrigation district of the state of Washington, now existing or hereafter organized, which has no bonded indebtedness outstanding, and which has been in existence for more than twenty years without having secured the irrigation of any of its lands, may be disorganized and its business and affairs liquidated and wou... |
87.52.080 | Petition. | A petition signed by twenty-five or more holders of title or evidence of title to lands within said district who shall be qualified electors, reciting the fact that said district has no bonded indebtedness, has been in existence for more than twenty years, and has secured no irrigation for any of its lands, and praying... |
87.52.090 | Election—Procedure when three-fifths vote for disorganization. | Upon the delivery of said petition, as aforesaid, the board of directors of said district, the secretary thereof, and all other officials provided by law, shall call, notice, conduct and canvass an election, and if three-fifths of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the disorganization of the district, shal... |
87.53.001 | Actions subject to review by boundary review board. | Actions taken under chapter 87.53 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 s 68 .] |
87.53.010 | Dissolution authorized—Consent of bondholders recorded. | An irrigation district may be dissolved and its affairs liquidated as herein prescribed. If there are outstanding bonds of the district the acknowledged uniform consent in writing of at least two-thirds in amount of the holders of the bonds must be recorded in the office of the auditor of the county in which the distri... |
87.53.020 | Bondholders' consent necessary—Offer to buy district property. | The acknowledged uniform written consent of one hundred percent of the holders of bonds may provide for cancellation of part of the bonds and for the manner and terms of payment of the balance. The bondholders may also make a firm offer for all property and rights of the district, except property in the district sold f... |
87.53.030 | Petition for dissolution. | At least one-third of the electors of the district shall sign and file with the auditor a petition, reciting the substance of the uniform text of the bondholders' consent, that the consent has been filed, and praying that the district be dissolved and its affairs liquidated.
[ 1951 c 237 s 3 . Prior: 1899 c 102 s 3 ; R... |
87.53.040 | Election to be called. | The board of commissioners of the county shall at their present or next regular meeting, call an election to submit to the electors of the district the question of whether the district shall be so dissolved. They shall direct the auditor to give notice of the election and shall appoint the election officials.
[ 1951 c ... |
87.53.050 | Manner of calling, noticing, conducting election—Ballot—Qualification of electors. | The election shall be called upon the same notice and conducted in like manner as other elections of the district: PROVIDED, That when the bondholder's consent to dissolution provides for an adjustment of the bonded debt and/or the terms and method of its payment the notice of election shall recite the substance thereo... |
87.53.060 | Election returns, effect—Records to auditor. | The election officials shall file with the auditor the returns within ten days of the election, and at their next meeting the commissioners shall canvass the returns, and if a majority of the votes cast favor dissolution, the commissioners shall declare the election carried. All records of the district shall, upon dema... |
87.53.070 | Transcript of proceedings—Financial statement. | The auditor shall deliver to the county clerk a certified copy of the transcript of the proceedings of the commissioners on the matter together with a statement of the district's cash assets, segregated as to the bond fund and the total of all other funds, and a statement of the debts of the district as they appear on ... |
87.53.080 | Proceedings docketed in court—Notice to file claims—Claims barred, when. | The clerk shall docket the proceedings entitled "In the matter of the dissolution of . . . . . . irrigation district," and the court shall direct the clerk to give notice thereof. The notice shall contain a general statement of the nature of the proceedings, and notify all persons having claims against the district to ... |
87.53.090 | Determination of claims—Court order—Appeal. | If the court finds that the provisions of this chapter have been complied with, it shall then determine the validity and amount of the claims so filed. No claim barred by the statute of limitations shall be allowed. It shall separately determine the validity and amount of outstanding bonds with accrued interest, making... |
87.53.100 | Trustee—Appointment—Compensation—Bond. | Upon the entry of final judgment, the court shall issue an order appointing a trustee for the district and shall deliver to him or her a certified copy of the order. The court shall fix the compensation of the trustee and the amount of his or her bond to be obtained at the cost of the district.
[ 2013 c 23 s 520 ; 1951... |
87.53.110 | Sale of district assets. | The trustee shall give notice that all the property and rights of the district, except property in the district sold for taxes or district assessments, will be sold pursuant to order of the court. The notice shall be given in the same manner and for the same time as for sale of real property on execution, except that i... |
87.53.120 | Report of sale—Rights of purchasers. | The trustee shall file with the clerk a report of the disposition made of the cash funds and of the sale and if the court finds the sale was fairly conducted, it shall enter an order confirming the sale, and the trustee shall execute and deliver to the purchaser an instrument conveying to him or her all property and ri... |
87.53.130 | Order of dissolution—Effect. | Upon verification of the disposition of the cash funds and confirmation of the sale the court shall enter an order dissolving the district and discharging the trustee, and a certified copy of the order shall be recorded in the office of the auditor. Thereupon the district shall cease to exist, except for the purpose of... |
87.53.140 | Assessments for unpaid obligations. | Upon the dissolution of the district the county commissioners shall determine from the records the remaining bond and other indebtedness of the district, and shall determine the proper number of annual assessments, not over five, necessary to discharge the debt. They shall cause the county assessor to prepare the annua... |
87.53.150 | State's consent to dissolution. | Whenever any bonds of the district are held in the state reclamation revolving account, and, in the opinion of the director of ecology, the district is or will be unable to meet its obligations, and that the state's investment can be best preserved by the dissolution of the district the director may give his or her con... |
87.56.001 | Actions subject to review by boundary review board. | Actions taken under chapter 87.56 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
[ 1989 c 84 s 69 .] |
87.56.010 | When district insolvent—Election to dissolve. | In all instances where fifty percent of the acreage within an irrigation district has been sold to the district on account of delinquent district assessments, and more than one year has elapsed since the sale of said property to the district without redemption by the owners thereof, and the district is unable to raise ... |
87.56.020 | Majority vote—Action for dissolution. | If a majority of the votes cast at said election is in favor of dissolution of the district, the district board shall institute an action in the superior court of the county in which the office of the board is located to determine the indebtedness of the district and to adopt a plan of appropriating the available resou... |
87.56.030 | Powers of court. | The superior court in the exercise of its jurisdiction in matters of this kind shall have full authority to determine the indebtedness of the district and to determine the status and priorities thereof in accordance with the laws of the state relating to irrigation districts, shall have power to apportion the obligatio... |
87.56.040 | Service of process. | Such action shall be one in rem and personal service of process shall not be required to be made on any interested person: PROVIDED, That the court shall be authorized in proper instances to order issuance and personal service of process specifying such time for appearance as the court shall require, AND PROVIDED FURTH... |
87.56.050 | Complaint—Contents. | The complaint in said action shall recite the holding of the election and the result thereof and shall give in general terms a summary of the district assets and the amount and character of its obligations and the maturities thereof; shall state that the district desires to discontinue operation and dissolve its corpor... |
87.56.060 | Notice of hearing—Publication. | The court shall thereupon fix a time and place for a hearing of the complaint and notice of the hearing shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which any lands in the district are located.
[ 1985 c 469 s 92 ; 1925 ex.s. c 124 s 6 ; RRS s 7543-6. FO... |
87.56.065 | Hearing—Decree—Receiver. | At the time and place fixed in the notice the court shall hear the objections of interested persons and shall determine whether the district is insolvent within the provisions of this chapter and whether the district shall be dissolved. If the court concludes that the district shall not dissolve, the court shall so fin... |
87.56.100 | Unmatured claims—Acceleration. | If the owner or holder of a claim of indebtedness against the district not yet due or matured files a claim in any case in which a receiver is appointed under RCW 87.56.065 , the maturity of the indebtedness owing to the person by the district shall be accelerated to such date as the court shall determine upon.
[ 2004 ... |
87.56.160 | Liquidation—Assessments to pay remaining debts. | In the execution of a plan of liquidation, the court shall have authority to order the sale of any or all of the district property or the exchange of any of the district property for any evidence of district indebtedness in accordance with the rights of the district and of all the creditors concerned, and if upon the e... |
87.56.170 | Judgment upon stipulation—Payment. | Upon stipulation of the owners of lands within the district, and holders of bond liens against said lands, and the district creditors concerned, the court shall have authority in such proceedings in lieu of the plan of liquidation set forth in RCW 87.56.160 , to determine the amount of the district indebtedness remaini... |
87.56.180 | Trustee for creditors—Bond—Duties. | The judgment shall also name a trustee to be nominated by the creditors representing a majority of the indebtedness who shall give bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and the strict accounting of all funds received by him or her in such amount as the court shall determine, and who shall h... |
87.56.190 | Enforcement of judgment. | In case any landowner fails to pay the judgment against his or her land or any installment thereof, when the same shall become due and payable, said judgment may be enforced by the trustee named in the decree in the manner provided by law for the enforcement of judgments in the superior court, and the costs of executio... |
87.56.200 | Distribution of funds—Court to retain jurisdiction. | The trustee named in the decree shall make distribution of all funds collected on account of said decree in such manner as the creditors shall agree upon, or in case of disagreement, then in such manner as the court shall direct, and jurisdiction of the court in the dissolution proceedings shall continue until full dis... |
87.56.203 | Compensation of trustee. | The trustee named in the decree shall receive such compensation for his or her services as the court shall determine to be paid at such times as the court shall fix from funds collected on account of said judgment.
[ 2013 c 23 s 526 ; 1925 ex.s. c 124 s 26 ; RRS s 7543-26. Formerly RCW 87.56.220 .] |
87.56.205 | Judgment upon stipulation—Prerequisites. | Before the court shall enter judgment upon stipulation of the parties as in this chapter provided, the creditors concerned shall file all evidences of district indebtedness held by them into the registry of the court to be held subject to the order of the court.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 s 27 ; RRS s 7543-27. Formerly RCW 87.... |
87.56.210 | Judgment upon stipulation—Evidences of indebtedness to be canceled. | If the judgment rendered by the court, upon stipulation, be not appealed from as in this chapter provided and the time for appeal has expired, or having been appealed from has been finally determined upon appeal, the court shall upon application of the receiver, order all evidences of indebtedness filed in the registry... |
87.56.225 | Appellate review. | Any interested person feeling aggrieved at the judgment of the superior court dismissing the proceedings or determining the indebtedness of the district and the status and priority thereof and determining the plan of liquidation, may seek appellate review of such judgment in the same manner as in other cases in equity,... |
87.56.230 | Final report of receiver—Apportionment of excess assets—Decree of dissolution. | When all district indebtedness has been discharged as in this chapter provided, and all expenses of the dissolution proceedings have been paid, the receiver shall report such fact to the court with a full account of all assets and moneys received and disbursed. The court shall examine said report and if found satisfact... |
87.56.240 | Decree to be filed in each county. | A copy of said decree shall be filed for record forthwith by the receiver in the office of the county auditor and in the office of the county assessor, of the counties in which any of the lands within the district are situated, and said decree shall be recorded by each of said offices without charge of fee.
[ 1925 ex.s... |
87.56.900 | Chapter alternative method—Saving. | This chapter is designed to provide an alternative method for the dissolution of irrigation districts and shall not be deemed to repeal any other statute or statutes.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 s 32 ; RRS s 7543-32.] |
87.56.910 | Construction—1925 ex.s. c 124. | Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to enlarge, abridge, modify or otherwise affect the rights, privileges or obligations of solvent districts, the lands therein or creditors thereof.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 124 s 33 ; RRS s 7543-33.] |
87.64.010 | State authorized to adjust indebtedness—When state owns entire bond issue. | Whenever the state shall now or hereafter own, the entire issue of the bonds of any irrigation, diking or drainage district, and in the judgment of the director of ecology such district is, or will be, unable to meet its obligations to the state as they mature, and in the judgment of the director of ecology the investm... |
87.64.020 | State authorized to adjust indebtedness—When state owns part of bond issue. | Whenever the state shall, now or hereafter, own a portion of the bonds of any irrigation, diking, or drainage district, and in the judgment of the director of ecology such district is, or will be, unable to meet its obligations as they mature, and in the judgment of the director of ecology the investment of the state c... |
87.64.040 | Claim for moneys expended may be settled and compromised. | Whenever the department of ecology shall have heretofore entered, or shall hereafter enter, into a contract with an irrigation, diking, or drainage district and shall have expended moneys under said contract, and said district shall be indebted to the state for the moneys so expended, and in the judgment of the directo... |
87.64.060 | Cancellation of district's assessments and taxes. | Whenever the director of ecology shall find any irrigation district is, or will be unable to meet its obligations and that refunding operations under this chapter are necessary, and that as a part of such refunding operations the cancellation of assessments and county taxes on the irrigation system and the irrigable la... |
87.64.070 | Powers of district. | Any irrigation, diking or drainage district now or hereafter coming within the provisions of this chapter shall be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts, issue evidences of indebtedness and otherwise carry out on its part the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1941 c 39 s 4 ; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 75... |
87.68.010 | Resolution to fix time of paying assessments. | At the option of the board of directors assessments of irrigation districts in this state under contract with the United States involving payments thereto for the development and operation of their respective projects shall be payable on or before December 31st of the year in which the assessment is levied and upon the... |
87.68.020 | Discount on advance payments. | In the event of the adoption and entering of such resolution by the board of directors, a person paying all or one-half of the current district assessment against any tract of land on or before December 31st of the year in which said assessment is levied shall be entitled to a discount of ten percent of said assessment... |
87.68.030 | Meeting of board of equalization—Resolution—Notice. | Said board of directors shall adopt and enter a resolution fixing the day, hour, and place when and where the board will convene as a board of equalization to equalize the assessment roll and a copy of the resolution adopting December 31st as the day on or before which assessments shall be paid, together with a notice ... |
87.68.040 | Assessment rolls, resolution, to county treasurers. | The officers of said district shall cause said assessments to be made, levied and equalized and the assessment roll and any parts thereof to be delivered to the proper county treasurers on or before December 10th of said year and upon receipt of a certified copy of said resolution adopting December 31st as the day on o... |
87.68.050 | Payment and collection of assessments. | Irrigation district assessments levied and becoming payable under the provisions of RCW 87.68.010 through 87.68.050 shall be payable on and after December 10th next following the levy and except as in RCW 87.68.010 through 87.68.050 otherwise provided shall become delinquent, shall be collected by the same officials an... |
87.68.060 | Certain elections—Districts of two hundred thousand acres—Notice of election. | In any election called and held in an irrigation district organized and existing under the laws of this state, comprising two hundred thousand or more acres of land within its boundaries, for the purpose of voting on any proposed contract between the district and the United States or any agency thereof where the propos... |
87.68.070 | Deposit of funds in bank of board of control's choice. | Funds in the custody of the board of control of the Sunnyside Division, Yakima Project, or any similar board created or operated by contract or otherwise under or pursuant to the federal reclamation laws, or acting as operating agent for the United States and/or irrigation districts of this state or of other states, ma... |
87.68.090 | Security for deposits. | Upon the designation of any bank by the board of control as in RCW 87.68.070 through 87.68.140 provided, the bank shall furnish security for any deposits by mortgage, pledge or hypothecation of bank assets or otherwise in such manner as may be agreed upon between the board of control and the bank, or in lieu thereof, t... |
87.68.100 | Audit of board's records. | The state auditor shall audit the books, records and affairs of the board of control every two years, or at such other times as the board shall request, and the costs of the audit shall be paid by said board.
[ 1945 c 163 s 3 ; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 7525-42.] |
87.68.110 | Costs, assessments for—Special funds—Investment of. | Each irrigation district which has or hereafter may enter into a contract with the United States providing for the operation and maintenance, by means of a board of control, of irrigation works used in common with other districts, shall include in the annual levy of assessments a sufficient amount to pay the annual est... |
87.68.120 | Contract for use of canal. | Any irrigation district, city, town, or other water user or users whose lands are irrigated by water carried in works transferred by the United States to a board of control, are hereby authorized to enter into contract with another irrigation district whose lands are irrigated by water carried in the same canal to oper... |
87.68.130 | Contract with board to operate works. | Any irrigation district, city, town, or other water user or users whose lands are irrigated by water carried in works transferred by the United States to a board of control are hereby authorized to enter into contract with the board of control for the operation and maintenance of the irrigation works within the distric... |
87.68.140 | Disposal of property authorized—Board may sue and be sued. | Any such board of control shall have authority to be exercised by a majority of the voting power of the board to sell at such price and upon such terms as may be fixed by said board and any real or personal property owned by the board of control and to authorize the execution by the president and secretary of said boar... |
87.76.010 | Coordination of programs—Reports. | The directors of the several irrigation districts in the state shall take such action as they deem necessary to effect coordination of their common programs for the economical and efficient operation of their districts and the reclamation of lands therein, and prepare reports annually for such operations.
[ 1947 c 193 ... |
87.76.020 | Coordinating agency—Expense, how defrayed. | The directors of such irrigation districts may designate a statewide association dedicated to the promotion of irrigated agriculture as a coordinating agency in the execution of the duties imposed by this chapter, and pay dues or assessments, or both, to the association from district expense funds, and the several dist... |
87.76.030 | General powers of directors. | The board of directors of the several districts may effect the state organization herein contemplated and take such further and other action in behalf of their respective districts as they deem necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter, including support of and attendance at such meetings as may be required to ... |
87.76.040 | Cooperation with other agencies authorized—Financial contributions—Contracts with public and private agencies. | To avoid duplication of effort the state association may, in the discretion of its officers, affiliate and cooperate with other organizations and agencies engaged in the furthering of reclamation of lands in the state and make financial contributions to them for such purpose. In carrying out the powers authorized by th... |
87.80.005 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Area of jurisdiction" means all lands within the exterior boundary of the composite area served by the irrigation entities that comprise the board of joint control as the boundary is represented on the map... |
87.80.010 | Board of joint control authorized. | A board of joint control may be created as provided in this chapter to administer: (1) The construction, operation, maintenance, betterments, and regulations of the joint use facilities, including reservoirs, canals, hydroelectric facilities within the works of the irrigation water supply system, pumping stations, drai... |
87.80.020 | Petition to create board required—Signatures—Filing. | (1) For the purpose of creating a board of joint control a petition signed by two or more entities that are owners of or hold an ownership interest in water rights having the same source of water or use common works for the diversion, transportation, or drainage of all or any part of their respective irrigation water s... |
87.80.030 | Form and contents of petition—Map. | The petition for the creation of a board of joint control shall be addressed to the board of county commissioners, shall describe generally the relationship, if any, of the irrigation entities to an established federal reclamation project, the primary waterworks of the entities including reservoirs, main canals, hydroe... |
87.80.040 | Petition filed if regular in form—Hearing set. | Upon the filing of a petition for the creation of a board of joint control the board of county commissioners at a regular meeting or at a special meeting shall examine the petition and, if found regular in form, shall accept the same for filing, and shall fix a time and place for hearing said petition.
[ 1949 c 56 s 4 ... |
87.80.050 | Notice of hearing. | Notice of the hearing on the petition shall be given by the clerk of the board of county commissioners by publishing the same, at the cost of the board of control, if created, otherwise at the cost of the petitioners, in the official newspaper of each county containing lands irrigated from the source of supply of the e... |
87.80.060 | Form and contents of notice. | The notice of the hearing on the petition shall state that a petition requesting the creation of a board of joint control to administer the facilities and activities, naming them if named in the petition, has been filed with the board of county commissioners of the county, naming the county; that the board of joint con... |
87.80.070 | Conduct and scope of hearing—Independent investigation authorized. | The board of county commissioners, at the time and place mentioned in the notice of hearing or at the time or times to which the hearing on said petition may be adjourned, shall proceed to hear the petition and all evidence submitted against and in support of the same. The board of county commissioners shall have full ... |
87.80.090 | Creation of board of joint control—Resolution filed. | If the board of county commissioners determine[s] that the creation of a board of joint control is in the public interest, of benefit to the irrigation entities and individual water uses within those entities concerned, and will not be detrimental to water right interests outside the proposed board of joint control are... |
87.80.100 | Principal office, oaths, terms, of board—Representation on board. | The principal office and place of business of the board of joint control shall be at a place to be designated by the board in the county in which the board was created. Each member of the board before entering on the duties of his or her office shall subscribe a written oath for the faithful discharge of his or her dut... |
87.80.110 | Organization of board—Meetings—Quorum. | In the month of March, or another time as determined by the board of joint control, in each year the members of the board of joint control shall meet and organize as a board for the ensuing year and shall select a chair from their number and appoint a secretary who may, but need not, be a member of the board, and who s... |
87.80.120 | Compensation of board members and employees. | Each member of the board of joint control shall be compensated for services in accordance with the provisions of RCW 87.03.460 . The amount must be fixed by resolution and entered in the minutes of the proceedings of the board. The board shall fix the compensation to be paid the secretary and all other agents and emplo... |
87.80.130 | Powers of board of joint control—Limitation. | (1) A board of joint control created under the provisions of this chapter shall have full authority within its area of jurisdiction to enter into and perform any and all necessary contracts; to accept grants and loans, including, but not limited to, those provided under chapter 43.83B [RCW] and RCW 43.83.340 , to appoi... |
87.80.135 | Board's limitations. | A board of joint control created under this chapter is limited to the membership, area of jurisdiction, and other terms and conditions contained in the resolution of the board of county commissioners filed under RCW 87.80.090 . Amendments may be proposed at any time by the board of joint control to the board of county ... |
87.80.160 | Entity's levy to include budget apportionment. | Immediately after final adoption of the budget the secretary of the board shall mail or deliver a copy thereof showing the apportionment of the charge to each irrigation entity, to the secretary of each irrigation entity coming under the jurisdiction of the board of joint control and it shall be the duty of each irriga... |
87.80.190 | Control fund created—Deposits and remittances. | There is created in the county treasurer's office of the county in which the board of joint control was created, a special fund to be designated Control Fund of the (naming the county) County Joint Control Board No. (specifying the number). The county treasurer shall distribute all collections for this fund to the cont... |
87.80.200 | Payments from control fund. | When the county treasurer serves as treasurer for the board of joint control, the board of joint control shall issue vouchers for its operations against the control fund and the county treasurer shall pay out moneys from the fund upon warrants drawn by the county auditor of said county.
[ 1996 c 320 s 15 ; 1949 c 56 s ... |
87.80.220 | Agencies under contract with federal government—Ability to participate in board. | An irrigation entity under contract with an agency of the federal government for the construction or operation of its irrigation system may not participate in a board of joint control under this chapter if this action is in conflict with provisions of the subject contract. If a responsible official of the federal agenc... |
87.80.230 | Board created among entities using Yakima river and tributaries—Coordination with federal and state programs. | A board of joint control created among irrigation entities utilizing waters of the Yakima river and tributaries shall, when undertaking water conservation projects, fully coordinate those projects with federal and state programs adopted under the Yakima river basin water enhancement project, P.L. 103-434. The projects ... |
87.80.900 | Effect of chapter on general water rights adjudications. | This chapter shall not affect the final decree of a general adjudication conducted under RCW 90.03.110 through 90.03.245 .
[ 1996 c 320 s 23 .] |
87.80.901 | Construction—2003 c 306. | The provisions of chapter 306, Laws of 2003 shall not be construed or interpreted to authorize the impairment of any existing water rights.
[ 2003 c 306 s 4 .] |
87.84.005 | Purpose—Districts authorized. | The growing population of the state of Washington, coupled with increasing amounts of available leisure time have greatly expanded the need for and use of the larger lakes in the state of Washington, both by Washington state residents and guests from other states and countries. In order to make the use of such larger l... |
87.84.010 | Eligibility. | Any irrigation district having the major portion of an inland navigable body of water within its exterior boundaries and which has filed with the department of ecology and been granted a water right certificate for fifty thousand acre feet of water or more shall be eligible to become an irrigation and rehabilitation di... |
87.84.020 | Petition to convert irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district, contents—Bond for costs. | A petition to convert an existing irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district shall be signed by at least fifty holders of title or evidence of title to land within the district. The petition shall contain the following: (1) The legal description of the property to be served. (2) The signature and ... |
87.84.030 | Notice and hearing on petition. | A notice of hearing and a hearing on the petition shall be held as provided by RCW 87.03.020 .
[ 1961 c 226 s 4 .] |
87.84.040 | Notice and election. | A notice of election and election shall be held to determine whether the electors desire to convert the existing irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district. The notice of election and election shall be governed by the applicable provisions of chapter 87.03 RCW relating to the original formation of... |
87.84.050 | Purposes of organization. | In addition to the purposes for which irrigation districts may be organized under RCW 87.03.010 , an irrigation and rehabilitation district may also be organized or maintained to further the recreational potential of the area and to further the rehabilitation or improvement of inland lakes and shore lines and the modif... |
87.84.060 | Directors—Powers, rights and authority of directors and district. | The directors of the irrigation and rehabilitation district shall be the same as of the irrigation district and the directors shall retain all power, rights and authority heretofore granted to them or hereafter granted to them as directors of an irrigation district under any provision of Title 87 RCW or any amendments ... |
87.84.061 | Directors—Additional powers. | The water in any natural or impounded lake, wholly or partially within the boundaries of an irrigation and rehabilitation district, together with all use of said water and the bottom and shore lines to the line established by the highest level where water has been or shall be stored in said lake, shall be regulated, co... |
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