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89.08.200 | Supervisors—Term, vacancies, removal, etc.—Compensation. | The term of office of each supervisor shall be three years and until his or her successor is appointed or elected and qualified, except that the supervisors first appointed shall serve for one and two years respectively from the date of their appointments, as designated in their appointments. In the case of elected sup... |
89.08.210 | Powers and duties of supervisors. | The supervisors may employ a secretary, treasurer, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as they may require, and determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. It may call upon the attorney general for legal services, or may employ its own counsel and le... |
89.08.215 | Treasurer—Powers and duties—Bond. | (1) The treasurer of the county in which a conservation district is located is ex officio treasurer of the district. However, the board of supervisors by resolution may designate some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as treasurer of the conservation district. The board of supervisors shall ... |
89.08.220 | Corporate status and powers of district. | A conservation district organized under the provisions of chapter 184, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. shall constitute a governmental subdivision of this state, and a public body corporate and politic exercising public powers, but shall not levy taxes or issue bonds and such district, and the supervisors thereof, shall hav... |
89.08.341 | Intergovernmental cooperation—Authority. | Any agency of the government of this state and any local political subdivision of this state is hereby authorized to make such arrangements with any district, through contract, regulation or other appropriate means, wherever it believes that such arrangements will promote administrative efficiency or economy. In connec... |
89.08.350 | Petition to dissolve district—Election. | At any time after five years from the organization of a district, twenty percent of the voters in the district may file with the commission a petition, praying that the district be dissolved. The commission may hold public hearings thereon, and within sixty days from receipt of the petition, shall give due notice of an... |
89.08.360 | Result of election—Dissolution. | If a majority of the votes cast at the election are for dissolution, the district shall be dissolved.
[ 1999 c 305 s 10 ; 1973 1st ex.s. c 184 s 26 ; 1955 c 304 s 26 . Prior: 1939 c 187 s 15, part; RRS s 10726-15, part.] |
89.08.370 | Disposition of affairs upon dissolution. | If the district is ordered dissolved, the supervisors shall forthwith terminate the affairs of the district and dispose of all district property at public auction, and pay the proceeds therefrom to pay any debts of the district and any remaining balance to the state treasurer. They shall then file a verified applicatio... |
89.08.390 | Water rights preserved—1939 c 187. | Insofar as any of the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That none of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed so as to impair water rights appurtenant to lands within or without the boundarie... |
89.08.391 | Water rights preserved—1973 1st ex.s. c 184. | Insofar as any of the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That none of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed so as to impair water rights appurtenant to lands within or without the boundarie... |
89.08.400 | Special assessments for natural resource conservation. | (1) Special assessments are authorized to be imposed for conservation districts as provided in this section. Activities and programs to conserve natural resources, including soil and water, are declared to be of special benefit to lands and may be used as the basis upon which special assessments are imposed. (2) Specia... |
89.08.405 | Rates and charges system. | (1) Any county legislative authority may approve by resolution revenues to a conservation district by fixing rates and charges. The county legislative authority may provide for this system of rates and charges as an alternative to, but not in addition to, a special assessment provided by RCW 89.08.400 . In fixing rates... |
89.08.410 | Grants to conservation districts—Rules—Report to the legislature. | The state conservation commission may authorize grants to conservation districts from moneys appropriated to the commission for such purposes as provided in this section. Such grants shall be awarded annually on or before the last day of June of each year and shall be made only to those conservation districts that appl... |
89.08.440 | Best management practices for fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, and water quantity property tax exemption—List—Forms—Certification of claims. | (1) For the purpose of identifying property that may qualify for the exemption provided under RCW 84.36.255 , each conservation district shall develop and maintain a list of best management practices that qualify for the exemption. (2) Each conservation district shall ensure that the appropriate forms approved by the d... |
89.08.450 | Watershed restoration projects—Intent. | The legislature declares that it is the goal of the state of Washington to preserve and restore the natural resources of the state and, in particular, fish and wildlife and their habitat. It is further the policy of the state insofar as possible to utilize the volunteer organizations who have demonstrated their commitm... |
89.08.460 | Watershed restoration projects—Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section shall apply throughout RCW 89.08.450 through 89.08.510 . (1) "Watershed restoration plan" means a plan, developed or sponsored by the department of fish and wildlife, the department of ecology, the department of natural resources, the depart... |
89.08.470 | Watershed restoration projects—Consolidated permit application process—Fish habitat enhancement project. | (1) By January 1, 1996, the Washington conservation commission shall develop, in consultation with other state agencies, tribes, and local governments, a consolidated application process for permits for a watershed restoration project developed by an agency or sponsored by an agency on behalf of a volunteer organizatio... |
89.08.480 | Watershed restoration projects—Designated recipients of project applications—Notice to commission. | Each agency of the state and unit of local government that claims jurisdiction or the right to require permits, other approvals, or fees as a condition of allowing a watershed restoration project to proceed shall designate an office or official as a designated recipient of project applications and shall inform the cons... |
89.08.490 | Watershed restoration projects—Acceptance of applications—Permit decisions. | All agencies of the state and local governments shall accept the single application developed under RCW 89.08.470 . Unless the procedures under RCW 89.08.500 are invoked, the application shall be processed without charge and permit decisions shall be issued within forty-five days of receipt of a complete application.
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89.08.500 | Watershed restoration projects—Appointment of project facilitator by *permit assistance center—Coordinated process for permit decisions. | The applicant or any state agency, tribe, or local government with permit processing responsibility may request that the *permit assistance center created by chapter 347, Laws of 1995 appoint a project facilitator to develop in consultation with the applicant and permit agencies a coordinated process for permit decisio... |
89.08.510 | Watershed restoration projects—General permits—Cooperative permitting agreements. | State agencies, tribes, and local governments responsible for permits or other approvals of watershed restoration projects as defined in RCW 89.08.460 may develop general permits or permits by rule to address some or all projects required by an approved watershed restoration plan, or for types of watershed restoration ... |
89.08.520 | Water quality and habitat protection grant programs—Development of outcome-focused performance measures. | (1) In administering grant programs to improve water quality and protect habitat, the commission shall: (a) Require grant recipients to incorporate the environmental benefits of the project into their grant applications; (b) In its grant prioritization and selection process, consider: (i) The statement of environmental... |
89.08.530 | Agricultural conservation easements program. | (1) The agricultural conservation easements program is created. The state conservation commission shall manage the program and adopt rules as necessary to implement the legislature's intent. (2) The commission shall report to the legislature on an ongoing basis regarding potential funding sources for the purchase of ag... |
89.08.540 | Agricultural conservation easements account. | (1) The agricultural conservation easements account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from legislative appropriations, other sources as directed by the legislature, and gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the acco... |
89.08.550 | Conservation assistance revolving account. | (1) The conservation assistance revolving account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Moneys from the account may only be spent after appropriation. Moneys placed in the account shall include principal and interest from the repayment of any loans granted under this section, and any other moneys appropriat... |
89.08.560 | Farm plans—Disclosure of information. | (1) Conservation districts, before developing a farm plan, shall inform the landowner or operator in writing of the types of information that is [are] subject to disclosure to the public under chapter 42.56 RCW. Before completion of the final draft of a farm plan, the district shall send the final draft farm plan to th... |
89.08.570 | Crop purchase contracts for dedicated energy crops. | In addition to any other authority provided by law, conservation districts are authorized to enter into crop purchase contracts for a dedicated energy crop for the purposes of producing, selling, and distributing biodiesel produced from Washington state feedstocks, cellulosic ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol blend fuels... |
89.08.580 | Puget Sound partners. | When administering water quality and habitat protection grants under this chapter, the commission shall give preference only to Puget Sound partners, as defined in RCW 90.71.010 , in comparison to other entities that are eligible to be included in the definition of Puget Sound partner. Entities that are not eligible to... |
89.08.590 | Administering funds—Preference to an evergreen community. | When administering funds under this chapter, the commission shall give preference only to an evergreen community recognized under RCW 76.15.090 in comparison to other entities that are eligible to receive evergreen community designation. Entities not eligible for designation as an evergreen community shall not be given... |
89.08.610 | Sustainable farms and fields grant program—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 89.08.615 through 89.08.635 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Carbon dioxide equivalent emission" means a metric measure used to compare the emission impacts from various greenhouse gases based on their relative radiative forcing ef... |
89.08.615 | Sustainable farms and fields grant program—Commission to develop in consultation with the department of agriculture, Washington State University, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation services—Use of funds—Grant applications. | (1) The commission shall develop a sustainable farms and fields grant program in consultation with the department of agriculture, Washington State University, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service. (2) As funding allows, the commission shall distribute funds, as appropri... |
89.08.620 | Grant recipients—Prioritization. | (1) When prioritizing grant recipients, the commission, in consultation with the department of agriculture, Washington State University, the department of fish and wildlife, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service, shall seek to maximize the benefits of the grant program b... |
89.08.625 | Methods for measuring, estimating, and verifying outcomes. | (1) The commission shall determine methods for measuring, estimating, and verifying outcomes under the sustainable farms and fields grant program in consultation with Washington State University, the department of agriculture, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service. (2) T... |
89.08.630 | Reports to the legislature and governor—Updates—Evaluations. | (1) By October 15, 2021, and every two years thereafter, the commission shall report to the legislature and the governor on the performance of the sustainable farms and fields grant program. (2) The commission shall update at least annually a public list of projects and pertinent information including a summary of stat... |
89.08.635 | Sustainable farms and fields account. | The sustainable farms and fields account is created in the state treasury. All receipts of money directed to the account must be deposited in the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for purposes relating to the sustainable farms and fields grant program established in RCW 89.08.615 . Moneys in the a... |
89.08.640 | Habitat for managed and native pollinators—Small grants program. | (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission is authorized to develop an ongoing small grants program to provide funding to the conservation districts to educate residents and community groups in urban, suburban, and rural nonfarm areas about the value of habitat for... |
89.08.645 | Short-term disaster recovery financial assistance program—Farmers and ranchers—Commission may adopt rules. | (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the commission, in cooperation with local conservation districts, must develop and implement a short-term disaster recovery financial assistance program for farmers and ranchers. The program must initially address providing short-term fu... |
89.10.005 | Findings. | The legislature finds that maintaining the capacity to provide adequate food and fiber resources is essential to the long-term sustainability of the state's citizens and economy. The nation's population has reached three hundred million and will continue to increase for the foreseeable future. Further, the world popula... |
89.10.010 | Office of farmland preservation. | (1) The office of farmland preservation is created and shall be located within the state conservation commission. (2) Staff support for the office shall be provided by the state conservation commission. (3) The office of farmland preservation may: (a) Provide advice and assist the state conservation commission in imple... |
89.12.010 | Preamble. | It is the policy of the state of Washington in connection with lands within the scope of this chapter which may be irrigated through works of federal reclamation projects, to assist the United States in the reduction or prevention of speculation in such lands and in limiting the size of the holdings thereof entitled to... |
89.12.020 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter, The term "secretary" shall mean the secretary of the interior of the United States, or his or her duly authorized representative. The term "appraised value" shall mean the value of lands within the scope of this chapter appraised or reappraised by the secretary without reference to or increment... |
89.12.030 | Applicability and purpose of chapter. | The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any irrigation or reclamation district organized under the laws of this state contracting or intending to contract with the United States under the federal reclamation laws with respect to a water supply for irrigation from the Columbia Basin project or from any pro... |
89.12.040 | Units and legal subdivisions authorized—Size—Plats—Excess land. | In connection with a district contracting or intending to contract with the United States under this chapter, the secretary for the purpose of administering the federal reclamation laws and of providing for the delivery of water thereto, the method thereof, and the turnout therefor may segregate such lands, or any part... |
89.12.050 | Contracts with United States—Permissible provisions. | (1) A district may enter into repayment and other contracts with the United States under the terms of the federal reclamation laws in matters relating to federal reclamation projects, and may with respect to lands within its boundaries include in the contract, among others, an agreement that: (a) The district will not ... |
89.12.060 | Covenants running with the land—Contract provisions to govern. | Any or all of the provisions which may be required to be included in recordable contracts may be made covenants running with any tract of land covered by the contract by expressly so providing therein. Recordable contracts expressly providing that any or all of such provisions shall be covenants running with the land c... |
89.12.071 | Fraudulent and unlawful conveyances—Preservation of rights acquired prior to repeal of RCW89.12.070. | The rights of any vendee or grantee as defined in section 7(b), chapter 275, Laws of 1943 as amended by section 2(b), chapter 200, Laws of 1951 and in RCW 89.12.070 (2) are hereby preserved as to any transactions that were consummated by contract or deed prior to the repeal of said sections by this chapter.
[ 1963 c 3 ... |
89.12.080 | Instruments may be filed—Filing imparts notice. | There may be filed for record in the office of the county auditor in the county in which the land lies any of the following: (1) Copies of any plat of established farm units approved by the secretary as provided in RCW 89.12.040 , when authenticated in the manner authorized by law; (2) copies of any instrument, action,... |
89.12.090 | State lands in district—State consent to assessment, conditions. | Whenever a district to which this chapter applies is organized or in process of organization, the state of Washington, by and through its proper officials, is authorized and directed to have any state lands within the exterior boundaries of such district included as a part of the lands of such district. The state hereb... |
89.12.100 | State lands—Terms and conditions of sale. | If state lands within a district have been segregated into farm units and the appraised value thereof established, the state shall recognize and accept the appraisal as determining the market value of such lands, and shall offer the state lands for sale for cash on the following terms and conditions: (1) Sales shall be... |
89.12.110 | County lands—Contracts with United States. | In the case of any county owned land within any district has been segregated into farm units as provided in RCW 89.12.040 and the appraised value thereof established, the board of county commissioners of the county shall have authority at its option of entering into a contract with the United States to bring any of suc... |
89.12.120 | Acceptance of federal act—Assessment and taxation authorized. | The provisions and limitations of subsection 5(b) and 5(c) of the act of congress, as above entitled in RCW 89.12.020 , concerning assessment and taxation of lands within the Columbia Basin project while legal title remains vested in the United States are hereby accepted; and assessment and taxation by the state, polit... |
89.12.131 | Adoption of Columbia Basin project act—Revocation of state's consent. | Section 15, chapter 275, Laws of 1943 as amended by section 4, chapter 200, Laws of 1951 and RCW 89.12.130 are each repealed and any adoption, enactment, or consent of this state to the provisions of the federal act, as amended, cited therein are hereby revoked.
[ 1963 c 3 s 5 .] |
89.12.140 | Subdivision and sale of state lands in reclamation project. | The commissioner of public lands of the state of Washington is authorized to cooperate with the secretary of the interior of the United States with a view to facilitate the execution of plans approved by the secretary of the interior for subdivision and disposal of lands under federal reclamation projects constructed o... |
89.12.150 | Exchange of state and federal lands. | From and after the date that the consent of the United States shall be given thereto by act of congress, the department of natural resources is authorized, upon request from the secretary of the interior, to cause an appraisal to be made by the board of natural resources of state lands in any division of any federal re... |
89.12.170 | Columbia Basin project—Authorization for agreements to allocate water—Conditions. | The department of ecology is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States for the allocation of groundwaters that exist as a result of the Columbia Basin project. Such agreements will be used for purposes of allocating that groundwater and shall not require compliance with the procedures set forth in RCW ... |
89.12.180 | Reports to legislature regarding activities under RCW89.12.170. | The department of ecology shall report annually to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over water resources regarding the activities authorized by RCW 89.12.170 , beginning December 1, 2002, and ending December 1, 2007.
[ 2002 c 330 s 4 .]
Finding — Intent — 2002 c 330: See notes following RCW ... |
89.12.190 | Columbia Basin project—Findings—Source of surface water—Management of groundwater depletions. | (1) The legislature finds that conserved water from the developed portions of the federal Columbia Basin project can provide an immediate source of surface water to offset a limited portion of groundwater depletions within the undeveloped portions of the federal project extending the availability of groundwater for dom... |
89.12.200 | Columbia Basin project—Intent—Allocation of conserved waters to deep well irrigated lands. | It is the intent of the legislature that the department of ecology enter into agreements with the United States and Columbia Basin project irrigation districts regarding the allocation of water conserved from within areas currently served by project waters to deep well irrigated lands within the federal Columbia Basin ... |
89.12.900 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
89.16.005 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known and cited as the "State Reclamation Act".
[ 1919 c 158 s 1 ; RRS s 3004.] |
89.16.010 | Declaration of purpose. | The object of this chapter is to provide for the reclamation and development of such lands in the state of Washington as shall be determined to be suitable and economically available for reclamation and development as agricultural lands, and the state of Washington in the exercise of its sovereign and police powers dec... |
89.16.020 | Reclamation account created—Composition. | For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the state reclamation revolving account, heretofore established and hereinafter called the reclamation account, shall consist of all sums appropriated thereto by the legislature; all gifts made to the state therefor and the proceeds of the sale thereof; the... |
89.16.040 | Payments from account—Reclamation districts specified—Rehabilitation of existing projects. | From the moneys appropriated from the reclamation account there shall be paid, upon vouchers approved by the director of ecology, the administrative expenses of the director under this chapter and such amounts as are found necessary for the investigation and survey of reclamation projects proposed to be financed in who... |
89.16.045 | Loans from account—Contracts—Repayment. | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the director of ecology may, by written contract with a reclamation district, loan moneys from the reclamation account to said district for use in financing a project of construction, reconstruction or improvement of district facilities, or a project of additions to... |
89.16.050 | Powers and duties of director of ecology. | In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the director of the department of ecology of the state of Washington shall be authorized and empowered: To make surveys and investigations of the wholly or partially unreclaimed and undeveloped lands in this state and to determine the relative agricultural values, productiv... |
89.16.055 | Additional powers and duties enumerated—Payment for from reclamation account. | In addition to the powers provided in RCW 89.16.050 , the department of ecology is authorized and empowered to: (1) Conduct surveys, studies, investigations, and water right examinations for proposed reclamation projects or the rehabilitation of existing reclamation projects that may be funded fully or partially from t... |
89.16.060 | Contracts with United States. | The department of ecology shall have the power to cooperate and to contract with the United States for the reclamation of lands in this state by the United States, and shall have the power to contract with the United States for the handling of such reclamation work by the United States and for the repayment of such mon... |
89.16.070 | Contracts with districts. | A diking, drainage, diking and drainage, and irrigation district, and improvement districts thereof through the parent district, or such other district as is authorized and organized for the reclamation or development of waste or undeveloped lands, may enter into contracts with the director for the reclamation of the l... |
89.16.080 | State lands may be included—Procedure. | Whenever in the judgment of the department of natural resources any state, school, granted, or other public lands of the state will be specially benefited by any proposed reclamation project approved by the department of ecology, it may consent that such lands be included in any reclamation district organized for the p... |
89.30.001 | District authorized—Area not less than one million acres—No fees. | Reclamation districts including an area of not less than one million acres of land may be created and maintained in this state, as herein provided, for the reclamation and improvement of arid and semiarid lands situated in such districts, and for the generation and/or sale of hydroelectric energy: PROVIDED, That no app... |
89.30.004 | Lands in one or more counties. | Such reclamation districts may include all or part of the territory of any county and may combine the territory in two or more counties, in which any of the lands to be reclaimed and improved are situated, or in which hydroelectric energy may be generated in connection with project works.
[ 1933 c 149 s 2 ; 1927 c 254 ... |
89.30.007 | General purposes of district. | Such reclamation districts may be organized or maintained for any or all the following general purposes: (1) The construction or purchase and the operation and maintenance of dams, power and pumping works, transmission power lines, reservoirs, pipe lines, and other works or parts of same for the irrigation of lands wit... |
89.30.010 | Petition—Filing. | Whenever fifty, or a majority of the holders of title to, or of evidence of title to, lands susceptible of irrigation in each of the several counties in which lands coming within the proposed district are located, desire to organize an irrigation [reclamation] district for any, or all, of the purposes mentioned in RCW ... |
89.30.013 | Petition—Contents. | Said petition shall describe the lands proposed to be irrigated in township and ranges and in case of smaller bodies of land, in legal subdivisions or fractions thereof, shall give the name of the county in which said respective irrigable lands are situated, and shall state all the possible sources of water supply from... |
89.30.016 | Public lands of state may be included. | State, granted, school or other public lands of the state of Washington may be included in such districts, and may be included in any general improvement district or divisional district authorized herein within the reclamation district and subjected to special assessments for general improvement or divisional district ... |
89.30.019 | Interest in public lands treated as private property—Public title unaffected, liens barred. | All leases, contracts, or other form of holding any interest in any state or public land shall be treated as the private property of the lessee or owner of the contractual or possessory interest; PROVIDED, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the title of the state or other public ownership, nor sh... |
89.30.022 | Federal lands may be included. | Lands of the federal government may be included within such districts; and such lands may be included in any general improvement or divisional district authorized herein, in the manner and subject to the conditions specified in the statutes of the United States.
[ 1927 c 254 s 8 ; RRS s 7402-8. Formerly RCW 89.20.230 .... |
89.30.025 | Possessory interest in federal lands—Water rent, credit for prior payment. | Lands held by private persons under possessory rights from the federal government may be included within the operation of the district, and as soon as such lands are held under title of private ownership, the owner thereof shall be entitled to receive his or her proportion of water as in case of other landowners upon p... |
89.30.028 | Petitioners to describe their lands—Petitioners deemed owners thereof. | Persons signing said petition shall state following their respective names, in a place provided in said petition for that purpose, the legal description of the lands owned by them and the estimated irrigable acreage contained in the same: PROVIDED, That the petitioners shall be prima facie deemed to be the owners of la... |
89.30.031 | Proof of ownership by tax roll. | The ownership of land of any of the petitioners may be shown by the county general tax roll of the county in which such land is situated, last equalized prior to the time of the filing of said petition with the county board. Any item on said assessment roll may be proved by a certificate of the county officer having th... |
89.30.034 | Petition on separate sheets—Withdrawals. | The petition for organization of such reclamation district shall consist of any number of separate instruments of uniform similarity, numbered consecutively. For convenience, lands represented on said instruments may be grouped separately according to the county in which said lands are situated. No petitioner shall hav... |
89.30.037 | Correction of deficient petition. | If it shall appear that said petition or any part thereof does not contain the matters and things required by the statute, said county board shall make an order specifying the deficiency and shall return said petition or the part thereof found to be deficient to the persons filing the same.
[ 1927 c 254 s 13 ; RRS s 74... |
89.30.040 | Conflicting petitions—Largest territory considered first. | In the event that more than one petition for the organization of a reclamation district covering any of the same territory, is filed with the same board or with different boards of county commissioners prior to the date of the issuance of the order fixing the time and place for a hearing on one of said petitions as her... |
89.30.043 | Order for hearing—Notice. | If and when said county board finds that the petition is sufficient it shall enter an order to that effect and shall fix a time and place for a hearing on said petition which said time shall be not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days from the date of said order and shall direct the clerk of the board to pub... |
89.30.046 | Publication of notice. | Said notice shall be published once a week for at least two weeks (three issues) before the time when the hearing on said petition is to be held.
[ 1927 c 254 s 16 ; RRS s 7402-16. Formerly RCW 89.20.570 , part.] |
89.30.049 | Contents of notice. | Said notice shall state that a petition has been filed with said county board for the purpose of creating a reclamation district under the provisions of this chapter and may be inspected during office hours by any interested person, shall specify the boundaries of the district proposed in the petition, shall mention th... |
89.30.052 | Copy of notice to each member of commission. | Said clerk shall also mail a copy of said notice to each member of the commission hereinafter provided for, at least two weeks before the day of said hearing.
[ 1927 c 254 s 18 ; RRS s 7402-18. Formerly RCW 89.20.580 .] |
89.30.055 | Commission—Creation—Composition. | Upon the giving of notice of hearing on the petition by the clerk of the county board aforesaid, there is hereby authorized and created a commission composed of the chair of the board of county commissioners of each of the counties in which any of the lands to be included in the proposed reclamation district are situat... |
89.30.058 | Commission—Chair—Clerk—Quorum. | The state director of ecology shall be ex officio chair of said commission, and the clerk of the county board of the county in which the petition is filed, shall be ex officio clerk of said commission. A majority of the members of said commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction or exercise of any of its p... |
89.30.061 | Commission—Clerk not to vote unless tie. | The clerk of the commission shall not be entitled to vote on matters coming before it, except in case of a tie vote of the members thereof, in which event said clerk shall cast the deciding vote.
[ 1927 c 254 s 21 ; RRS s 7402-21. Formerly RCW 89.20.710 , part.] |
89.30.064 | Commission—General powers. | Said commission is hereby given full authority to receive evidence, to make independent investigation, to determine and establish the boundaries of the district, to adjourn its meeting from time to time and place to place, and to do any and all things necessary or incidental to the determination of the petition and the... |
89.30.067 | Commission—Adjournments. | The period of such adjournments, however, shall not exceed ninety days in all and in case of lack of a quorum, one or more members of the commission may adjourn to a day certain and notify the absent members of the day to which said hearing was adjourned.
[ 1927 c 254 s 23 ; RRS s 7402-23. Formerly RCW 89.20.740 .] |
89.30.070 | Commission—Expenses. | Except as otherwise herein provided the necessary expenses of the commission and of the members thereof in performing the duties and functions of said commission shall be borne by the respective counties concerned in proportion to the taxable value of the acreage of each included in the proposed reclamation district an... |
89.30.073 | Hearing on petition—Place. | The hearing on said petition shall be held at the office of the county board of the county where the petition is filed or at such other convenient place as said county board shall designate.
[ 1927 c 254 s 25 ; RRS s 7402-25. Formerly RCW 89.20.730 .] |
89.30.076 | Hearing on petition—Proof of notice. | At the time and place designated in said notice the commission shall meet to consider said petition. Said commission shall first determine whether notice of the hearing on said petition has been published in the manner and for the time required by this chapter and shall file the affidavits of the publishers as to the t... |
89.30.079 | Hearing on petition—Consideration of petition—Evidence. | If it is determined that the notice of the hearing has been properly published, the commission shall proceed to consider the petition, and to receive any pertinent evidence that may be offered.
[ 1927 c 254 s 27 ; RRS s 7402-27. Formerly RCW 89.20.760 .] |
89.30.082 | Hearing on petition—Boundaries to be fixed. | Said commission shall have full authority to increase or diminish and change the boundaries of the proposed district and to fix the same so as to subserve the best interests of the district and to enable it to carry out the objects of its creation, and shall establish and define said boundaries.
[ 1927 c 254 s 28 ; RRS... |
89.30.085 | Hearing on petition—Name—Election to be ordered. | At said hearing the commission shall give the district a name, shall fix a day for and order an election to be held therein for the purpose of determining whether or not the district shall be created under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1927 c 254 s 29 ; RRS s 7402-29. Formerly RCW 89.20.790 .] |
89.30.088 | Order for election to county auditors. | The clerk of the commission shall forthwith mail by registered mail a copy of said order for an election to the county auditors of each of the counties in which any lands within the boundaries of the proposed reclamation district are located.
[ 1927 c 254 s 30 ; RRS s 7402-30. Formerly RCW 89.20.870 .] |
89.30.091 | Records of commission to be preserved. | Upon full determination of the petition and the ordering of said election, the commission shall turn all papers and records involved in its deliberations over to the board of the county where the petition to organize the reclamation district was filed, and said papers and records shall be preserved among the records of... |
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