Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 90 Water Rights -- Environment - Section 90.14.190 Water resources decisions -- Appeals -- Attorneys' fees

§ 90.14.190. Water resources decisions -- Appeals -- Attorneys' fees

Any person feeling aggrieved by any decision of the department of ecology may have the same reviewed pursuant to RCW 43.21B.310. In any such review, the findings of fact as set forth in the report of the department of ecology shall be prima facie evidence of the fact of any waiver or relinquishment of a water right or portion thereof. If the hearings board affirms the decision of the department, a party seeks review in superior court of that hearings board decision pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW, and the court determines that the party was injured by an arbitrary, capricious, or erroneous order of the department, the court may award reasonable attorneys' fees.

[1987 c 109 § 14; 1967 c 233 § 19.]

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     Purpose -- Short title -- Construction -- Rules -- Severability -- Captions -- 1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.

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