Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 89 Reclamation, Soil Conservation, And Land Settlement - Chapter 89.16 Reclamation By State

89.16.005 Short title
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "State Reclamation Act".[1919 c 158 § 1; RRS § 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

89.16.130 Severability -- 1919 c 158
If any section or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ...

89.16.131 Severability -- 1972 ex.s. c 51
If any provision of this 1972 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or ...