Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.94 Sewerage, Water, And Drainage Systems

36.94.010 Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) A "system of sewerage" means and may include any or all of the following: (a) Sanitary sewage collection, treatment, ...

36.94.020 Purpose -- Powers
The construction, operation, and maintenance of a system of sewerage and/or water is a county purpose. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, every county ...

36.94.030 Adoption of sewerage and/or water general plan as element of comprehensive plan
Whenever the county legislative authority deems it advisable and necessary for the public health and welfare of the inhabitants of the county to establish, purchase, ...

36.94.040 Incorporation of provisions of comprehensive plan in general plan
The sewerage and/or water general plan must incorporate the provisions of existing comprehensive plans relating to sewerage and water systems of cities, towns, municipalities, and ...

36.94.050 Review committee -- Composition -- Submission of plan or amendment to
Prior to the adoption of or amendment of the sewerage and/or water general plan, the county legislative authority (or authorities) shall submit the plan or ...

36.94.060 Review committee -- Chairman, secretary -- Rules -- Quorum -- Compensation of members
The members of each review committee shall elect from its members a chairman and a secretary. The committee shall determine its own rules and order ...

36.94.070 Review committee -- Review of plan or amendments thereto -- Report
The committee shall review the sewerage and/or water general plan or amendments thereto and shall report to the board or boards of county commissioners within ...

36.94.080 Hearing by board -- Notice -- Filing general plan
Before final action thereon the board shall conduct a public hearing on the plan after ten days published notice of hearing is given pursuant to ...

36.94.090 Adoption, amendment or rejection of plan
At the hearing, the board may adopt the plan, or amend and adopt the plan, or reject any part or all of the plan.[1967 c ...

36.94.100 Submission of plan or amendments thereto to certain state departments -- Approval
Prior to the commencement of actual work on any plan or amendment thereto approved by the board, it must be submitted for written approval to ...

36.94.110 Adherence to plan -- Procedure for amendment
After adoption of the sewerage and/or water general plan, all municipal corporations and private utilities within the plan area shall abide by and adhere to ...

36.94.120 Establishment of department for administration of system -- Personnel merit system
The board shall establish a department in county government for the purpose of establishing, operating and maintaining the system or systems of sewerage and/or water. ...

36.94.130 Adoption of rules and regulations
The board of county commissioners may adopt by resolution reasonable rules and regulations governing the construction, maintenance, operation, use, connection and service of the system ...

36.94.140 Authority of county to operate system -- Rates and charges, fixing of -- Factors to be considered -- Assistance for low-income persons
(1) Every county, in the operation of a system of sewerage and/or water, shall have full jurisdiction and authority to manage, regulate, and control it. ...

36.94.145 Public property subject to rates and charges for storm water control facilities
Except as otherwise provided in RCW 90.03.525, any public entity and public property, including the state of Washington and state property, shall be subject to ...

36.94.150 Lien for delinquent charges
All counties operating a system of sewerage and/or water shall have a lien for delinquent connection charges and charges for the availability of sewerage and/or ...

36.94.160 Tax on gross revenues authorized
The county shall have the power to levy a tax on the system of sewerage and/or water operated by the county or counties as authorized ...

36.94.170 Authority of municipal corporations -- Relinquishment of
The primary authority to construct, operate and maintain a system of sewerage and/or water within the boundaries of a municipal corporation which lies within the ...

36.94.180 Transfer of system upon annexation or incorporation of area
In the event of the annexation to a city or town of an area, or incorporation of an area, in which a county is operating ...

36.94.190 Contracts with other entities
Every county in furtherance of the powers granted by this chapter shall be authorized to contract with the federal government, the state of Washington, or ...

36.94.200 Indebtedness -- Bonds
The legislative authority of any county is hereby authorized for the purpose of carrying out the lawful powers granted by this chapter to contract indebtedness ...

36.94.210 Pledge for payment of principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds
The board of county commissioners of any county in adopting and establishing a system of sewerage and/or water may set aside into a special fund ...

36.94.220 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Establishment -- Special assessments
(1) A county shall have the power to establish utility local improvement districts and local improvement districts within the area of a sewerage and/or water ...

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

36.94.230 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Initiation of district by resolution or petition -- Publication -- Notice to property owners -- Contents
Utility local improvement districts and local improvement districts to carry out all or any portion of the general plan, or additions and betterments thereof, may ...

36.94.232 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- 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 local ...

36.94.235 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities -- Notice to certain property owners
Whenever it is proposed that a local improvement district or utility local improvement district finance sanitary sewers or potable water facilities, additional notice of the ...

36.94.240 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Hearing -- Improvement ordered -- Divestment of power to order, time limitation -- Assessment roll
Whether the improvement is initiated by petition or resolution, the county legislative authority shall conduct a public hearing at the time and place designated in ...

36.94.250 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Notice of filing roll -- Hearing on protests
Before the approval of the roll a notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in ...

36.94.260 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Hearing on protests -- Order -- Appeal
(1) At such hearing on a protest to an assessment, or any adjournment thereof, the county legislative authority or committee or officer shall sit as ...

36.94.270 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Enlarged local district may be formed
If any portion of the system after its installation in such local district is not adequate for the purpose for which it was intended, or ...

36.94.280 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Conclusiveness of roll when approved -- Adjustments to assessments if other funds become available
Whenever any assessment roll for local improvements has been confirmed by the county legislative authority, the regularity, validity and correctness of the proceedings relating to ...

36.94.290 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Appellate review
The decision of the board of county commissioners upon any objections made within the time and in the manner herein prescribed, may be reviewed by ...

36.94.300 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts -- Segregation of special assessment -- Fee -- Costs
Whenever any land against which there has been levied any special assessment by a county shall have been sold in part or subdivided, the board ...

36.94.305 Service fees for sewers not constructed within ten years after voter approval -- Credit against future assessments, service charges
See RCW 35.43.260. ...

36.94.310 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county -- Authorized
Subject to the provisions of RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 a municipal corporation may transfer to the county within which all of its territory lies, all ...

36.94.320 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county -- Assumption of indebtedness
In consideration of a transfer of property by a municipal corporation to a county in the manner provided in RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350, a county ...

36.94.330 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county -- Transfer agreement
The governing body of a municipal corporation proposing to transfer all or part of its property to a county in the manner provided by RCW ...

36.94.340 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county -- Petition for court approval of transfer -- Hearing -- Decree
When a municipal corporation and a county have entered into a written agreement providing for the transfer to such county of all or part of ...

36.94.350 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county -- Dissolution of municipal corporation
In the event the agreement of the parties provides for the transfer to the county of all the property of the municipal corporation or all ...

36.94.360 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county -- RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 deemed alternative method
The provisions of RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 shall be deemed to provide an alternative method for the doing of the things therein authorized and shall ...

36.94.370 Waiver or delay of collection of tap-in charges, connection or hookup fees for low income persons
Whenever a county waives or delays collection of tap-in charges, connection fees or hookup fees for low income persons, or class of low income persons, ...

36.94.380 Local improvement bonds -- Local improvement guaranty fund -- Payments -- Assessments -- Certificates of delinquency
Every county adopting a water and/or sewerage general plan is hereby authorized to create a fund for the purpose of guaranteeing, to the extent of ...

36.94.390 Local improvement bonds -- Local improvement guaranty fund -- Subrogation -- Interest -- Purchase of real property at foreclosure sales
Whenever there is paid out of a guaranty fund any sum on account of principal or interest upon the local improvement bond, or on account ...

36.94.400 Local improvement bonds -- Local improvement guaranty fund -- Claims by bondholders -- Transfer of cash balance to water and/or sewer maintenance fund
Neither the holder nor the owner of any local improvement bonds guaranteed under the provisions of RCW 36.94.380 through 36.94.400 has any claim therefor against ...

36.94.410 Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district
A system of sewerage, system of water or combined water and sewerage systems operated by a county under the authority of this chapter may be ...

36.94.420 Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district -- Annexation -- Hearing -- Public notice -- Operation of system
If so provided in the transfer agreement, the area served by the system shall, upon completion of the transfer, be deemed annexed to and become ...

36.94.430 Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district -- Alternative method
The provisions of RCW 36.94.410 and 36.94.420 provide an alternative method of accomplishing the transfer permitted by those sections and do not impose additional conditions ...

36.94.440 Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district -- Decree by superior court
If the superior court finds that the transfer agreement authorized by RCW 36.94.410 is legally correct and that the interests of the owners of related ...

36.94.450 Water conservation programs -- Issuance of revenue bonds
A county engaged in the sale or distribution of water may issue revenue bonds, or other evidence of indebtedness in the manner provided by this ...

36.94.460 Water conservation programs -- Counties authorized to provide assistance to water customers
Any county engaged in the sale or distribution of water is hereby authorized, within limits established by the Constitution of the state of Washington, to ...

36.94.470 Storm or surface water drains or facilities -- Annexation, incorporation of area by city or town -- Imposition of rates and charges by county
Whenever a city or town annexes an area, or a city or town incorporates an area, and the county has issued revenue bonds or general ...

36.94.480 Assumption of substandard water system -- Limited immunity from liability
A county assuming responsibility for a water system that is not in compliance with state or federal requirements for public drinking water systems, and its ...

36.94.490 Cooperative watershed management
In addition to the authority provided in RCW 36.94.020, a county may, as part of maintaining a system of sewerage and/or water, participate in and ...

36.94.900 Declaration of purpose
This chapter is hereby declared to be necessary for the public peace, health, safety and welfare and declared to be a county purpose and that ...

36.94.910 Authority -- Liberal construction of chapter -- Modification of inconsistent acts
This chapter shall be complete authority for the establishment, construction and operation and maintenance of a system or systems of sewerage and/or water hereby authorized, ...

36.94.920 Severability -- 1967 c 72
If any portion of this chapter as now or hereafter amended, or its application to any person or circumstances, is held invalid or unconstitutional, such ...

36.94.921 Severability -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 188
If any provision of this 1975 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or ...