Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.88 County Road Improvement Districts

36.88.010 Districts authorized -- Purposes
All counties have the power to create county road improvement districts for the acquisition of rights-of-way and improvement of county roads, existing private roads that ...

36.88.015 Additional purposes
All counties have the power to create county road improvement districts for the construction, installation, improvement, operation, and maintenance of street and road lighting systems ...

36.88.020 Formation of district -- How initiated
County road improvement districts may be initiated either by resolution of the board of county commissioners or by petition signed by the owners according to ...

36.88.030 Formation of district -- By resolution of intention -- Procedure
In case the board of county commissioners shall desire to initiate the formation of a county road improvement district by resolution, it shall first pass ...

36.88.035 Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates
Any notice given to the public or to the owners of specific lots, tracts, or parcels of land relating to the formation of a county ...

36.88.040 Formation of district -- By resolution of intention -- Election -- Rules
The election provided herein for cases where the improvement is initiated by resolution shall be governed by the following rules: (1) All ballots must be ...

36.88.050 Formation of district -- By petition -- Procedure
In case any such road improvement shall be initiated by petition, such petition shall set forth the nature and territorial extent of such proposed improvement, ...

36.88.060 Formation of district -- Hearing -- Resolution creating district
Whether the improvement is initiated by petition or resolution the board shall conduct a public hearing at the time and place designated in the notice ...

36.88.062 Formation of district -- Committee or hearing officer may conduct hearings -- Report to legislative authority
In lieu of the county legislative authority holding the hearing under RCW 36.88.060 to create the road improvement district, the county legislative authority may adopt ...

36.88.065 Formation of district -- Alternative method
If the county legislative authority desires to initiate the formation of a county road improvement district by resolution, it may elect to follow either the ...

36.88.070 Diagram only preliminary determination
The diagram or print herein directed to be submitted to the board shall be in the nature of a preliminary determination upon the method, and ...

36.88.072 Waivers of protest -- Recording -- Limits on enforceability
If an owner of property enters into an agreement with a county waiving the property owner's right under RCW 36.88.030, 36.88.040, 36.88.050, 36.88.060, and 36.88.065 ...

36.88.074 Preformation expenditures
The county engineer or other designated official may contract with owners of real property to provide for payment by the owners of the cost of ...

36.88.076 Credits for other assessments
A county ordering a road improvement upon which special assessments on property specifically benefited by the improvements are levied and collected, may provide as part ...

36.88.078 Assessment reimbursement accounts
A county ordering a road improvement upon which special assessments on property specifically benefited by the improvement are levied and collected, may provide as part ...

36.88.080 Property included in district -- Method of assessment -- Assessment limited by benefit
Every resolution ordering any improvement mentioned in this chapter, payment for which shall be in whole or in part by special assessments shall establish a ...

36.88.085 Exemption of farm and agricultural land from special benefit assessments
See RCW 84.34.300 through 84.34.380 and 84.34.922. ...

36.88.090 Assessment roll -- Hearing -- Notice -- Objections -- New hearing
Whenever the assessment roll for any county road improvement district has been prepared, such roll shall be filed with the clerk of the county legislative ...

36.88.095 Assessment role -- Committee or officer may conduct hearing -- Recommendations to legislative authority -- Appeals
In lieu of the county legislative authority holding the hearing on assessment roll under RCW 36.88.090 as the board of equalization, the county legislative authority ...

36.88.100 Appeal -- Reassessment
The decision of the board upon any objections made within the time and in the manner herein prescribed may be reviewed by the superior court ...

36.88.110 Assessment roll -- Conclusive
Whenever any assessment roll for construction or improvements shall have been confirmed by the board, as provided in this chapter, the regularity, validity and correctness ...

36.88.120 Assessment is lien on property -- Superiority
The charge on the respective lots, tracts, parcels of land and other property for the purpose of special assessment to pay the cost and expense ...

36.88.130 County treasurer -- Duties
The county treasurer is hereby designated as the treasurer of all county road improvement districts created hereunder, and shall collect all road improvement district assessments, ...

36.88.140 Payment of assessment -- Delinquent assessments -- Penalties -- Lien foreclosure
The county legislative authority shall prescribe by resolution within what time such assessment or installments thereof shall be paid, and shall provide for the payment ...

36.88.145 Property donations -- Credit against assessments
The county legislative authority may give credit for all or any portion of any property donation against an assessment, charge, or other required financial contribution ...

36.88.150 Payment of assessment -- Record of
Whenever before the sale of any property the amount of any assessment thereon, with interest, penalty, costs and charges accrued thereon, shall be paid to ...

36.88.160 District fund -- Purposes -- Bond redemptions
All moneys collected by the treasurer upon any assessments under this chapter shall be kept as a separate fund to be known as ". . ...

36.88.170 Foreclosed property -- Held in trust for district
Whenever any property shall be bid in by any county or be stricken off to any county under and by virtue of any proceeding for ...

36.88.180 Foreclosed property -- Sale or lease -- Disposition of proceeds
Any county may at any time after a deed is issued to it under and by virtue of any proceeding mentioned in this chapter, lease ...

36.88.190 Improvement bonds, warrants authorized
(1) The county legislative authority may provide for the payment of the whole or any portion of the cost and expense of any duly authorized ...

36.88.200 Improvement bonds -- Form, contents, execution
(1) Such bonds shall be numbered from one upwards consecutively, shall be in such denominations as may be provided by the county legislative authority in ...

36.88.210 Improvement bonds -- Issuance -- Sale -- Deposit of proceeds
(1) The bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter may be issued to the contractor or sold by the county legislative authority as authorized ...

36.88.220 Improvement bonds -- Guaranty fund
All counties may establish a fund for the purpose of guaranteeing to the extent of such fund and in the manner hereinafter provided, the payment ...

36.88.230 Improvement bonds -- Guaranty fund in certain counties -- Operation
Whenever there shall be paid out of a guaranty fund any sum on account of principal or interest of a road improvement district bond or ...

36.88.235 Improvement bonds -- Guaranty fund assets may be transferred to county general fund -- When
(1) Any county maintaining a local improvement guaranty fund under this chapter, upon certification by the county treasurer that the local improvement guaranty fund has ...

36.88.240 Improvement bonds -- Repayment restricted to special funds -- Remedies of bond owner -- Notice of restrictions
The owner of any bond or warrant issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not have any claim therefor against the county by which ...

36.88.250 Improvement bonds -- Remedies of bond owners -- Enforcement
If the board fails to cause any bonds to be paid when due or to promptly collect any assessments when due, the owner of any ...

36.88.260 Assessment where bonds issued -- Payment in installments
In all cases where the board shall issue bonds to pay the cost and expense of any county road improvement district and shall provide that ...

36.88.270 Assessment where bonds issued -- Payment in cash -- Notice of assessment
The owner of any lot, tract, or parcel of land, or other property charged with any such assessments may redeem the same from all or ...

36.88.280 Assessment where bonds issued -- Payment in cash during installment period -- Duties of county treasurer -- Use of funds
The owners of any lot, tract, or parcel of land may save the same from all liability for the unpaid amount of the assessment, at ...

36.88.290 Limitation of actions
An action to collect any special assessment or installment thereof for road improvements, or to enforce the lien of any such assessment or installment, whether ...

36.88.295 Refunding bonds -- Limitations
The legislative authority of any county may issue and sell bonds to refund outstanding road improvement district or consolidated road improvement district bonds issued after ...

36.88.300 District costs and expenses -- What to include
Whenever any district is organized hereunder, there shall be included in the cost and expense thereof: (1) The cost of all of the construction or ...

36.88.305 District costs and expenses -- Credit or reduction of assessments
At its option, a county may include the value of right-of-way or property that is donated or given to the county for purposes of an ...

36.88.310 Acquisition of property -- Eminent domain
All land, premises or property necessary for right-of-way or other purposes in the construction or improvement of any county road, including bridges, sidewalks, curbs and ...

36.88.320 Construction or improvement -- Supervision -- Contracts -- Standards
All construction or improvement performed under this chapter shall be under the direction of the board of county commissioners, acting by and through the county ...

36.88.330 Warrants -- Issuance -- Priority -- Acceptance
The board may provide by resolution for the issuance of warrants in payment of the costs and expenses of any project, payable out of the ...

36.88.340 Participation of county road fund -- Arrangements with other public agencies, private utilities
Except as they may establish continuing guaranty fund requirements, the board of county commissioners shall be the sole judges as to the extent of county ...

36.88.350 Maintenance -- Expense
After the completion of any construction or improvement under this chapter, all maintenance thereof shall be performed by the county at the expense of the ...

36.88.360 State, county, school, municipal corporation lands -- Assessment -- Recipients of notices, ballots
Lands owned by the state, county, school district or any municipal corporation may be assessed and charged for road improvements authorized under this chapter in ...

36.88.370 Signatures on petitions, ballots, objections -- Determining sufficiency
Wherever herein petitions, ballots or objections are required to be signed by the owners of property, the following rules shall govern the sufficiency thereof: (1) ...

36.88.375 Consolidated road improvement districts -- Establishment -- Bonds
For the purpose of issuing bonds only, the governing body of any county may authorize the establishment of consolidated road improvement districts. The road improvements ...

36.88.380 Safeguarding open canals or ditches -- Assessments and benefits
Whenever a county road improvement district is established for the safeguarding of open canals or ditches as authorized by RCW 36.88.015 the rate of assessment ...

36.88.390 Safeguarding open canals or ditches -- Authority
Every county shall have the right of entry upon every irrigation, drainage, or flood control canal or ditch right-of-way within its boundaries for all purposes ...

36.88.400 Safeguarding open canals or ditches -- Installation and construction -- Costs
Any county, establishing a road improvement district for canal protection, notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, may require the district, agency, person, corporation, or association, ...

36.88.410 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Declaration of public interest and purpose
It is hereby found and declared that the conversion of overhead electric and communication facilities to underground facilities and the initial underground installation of such ...

36.88.420 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Definitions
As used in RCW 36.88.410 through 36.88.480, unless specifically defined otherwise, or unless the context indicates otherwise: "Conversion area" means that area in which existing ...

36.88.430 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Powers of county relating to -- Contracts -- County road improvement districts -- Special assessments
Every county shall have the power to contract with electric and communication utilities, as hereinafter provided, for any or all of the following purposes: (1) ...

36.88.440 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Contracts with electric and communication utilities -- Authorized -- Provisions
Every county shall have the power to contract with electric and communication utilities for the conversion of existing overhead electric and communication facilities to underground ...

36.88.450 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Notice to owners to convert service lines to underground -- Objections -- Hearing -- Time limitation for conversion
When service from the underground electric and communication facilities is available in all or part of a conversion area, the county shall mail a notice ...

36.88.460 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Utility conversion guaranty fund -- Establishment authorized -- Purpose -- Deposits -- Investments
Every county may establish a fund for the purpose of guaranteeing to the extent of such fund and in the manner hereinafter provided, the payment ...

36.88.470 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Utility conversion guaranty fund -- Operation
Whenever there shall be paid out of the guaranty fund any sum on account of principal or interest of a county road improvement district bond ...

36.88.480 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Applicability of general provisions relating to county road improvement districts
Unless otherwise provided in RCW 36.88.410 through 36.88.480, the general provisions relating to county road improvement districts shall apply to local improvements authorized by RCW ...

36.88.485 Underground electric and communication facilities, installation or conversion to -- Recording of underground utility installations
All installations of underground utilities made on and after August 9, 1971 shall be recorded on an "as constructed" map and filed with the county ...