Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 85 Diking And Drainage - Chapter 85.18 Levy For Continuous Benefits -- Diking Districts

85.18.005 Declaration of purpose
The state declares that it has an interest in protecting and preserving productive land and buildings needed to make business function continuously. Where organized diking ...

85.18.010 Levy for continuous benefits authorized -- Base benefits
When any diking district has been organized and the improvements made afford protection to land and buildings within such district against damage or destruction from ...

85.18.020 Roll of protected property
To operate under this chapter, the board shall cause to be prepared and filed with it a roll containing descriptions of the land and buildings ...

85.18.030 Hearing on roll -- Determining continuous base benefit
After the roll is prepared the board shall give notice of a time and place at which the board will hold a public hearing to ...

85.18.040 Notice of hearing
The notice of the time and place of hearing shall be given to any owner, or reputed owner, of the property which is listed on ...

85.18.050 Procedure on hearing -- Objections
At said hearing, or adjournments thereof, the board shall review said roll and determine the continuous base benefits to land and buildings furnished continuous protection ...

85.18.060 Additional roll as to particular property -- Procedure
The board shall, from time to time, examine the properties within said district, and if it finds that any protected land or buildings thereon have ...

85.18.070 Roll to be certified and filed
When any roll or additional or supplemental roll be adopted by the board of commissioners, the same shall be certified to, and filed with, the ...

85.18.080 Roll to provide basis for levy
Until further modified, amended, or changed by an additional or supplemental roll certified to the county auditor after the foregoing procedure is had, the original ...

85.18.090 Roll and proceedings conclusive -- Exceptions -- Right to injunction
Whenever any roll shall have been adopted by the board of commissioners, the regularity, validity and correctness of the proceedings relating thereto shall be conclusive ...

85.18.100 Review by superior court -- How taken
The decision of the board of commissioners upon any objection made within the time and in the manner prescribed may be reviewed by the superior ...

85.18.110 Review by superior court -- Transcript -- Contents -- Filing
Within ten days from the filing of such petition for review, the commission, unless the court shall grant additional time, shall file with the clerk ...

85.18.120 Review by superior court -- Filing fee -- Bond -- Priority of cause
The county clerk shall charge the same filing fees for petitions for review as in civil actions. At the time of the filing of such ...

85.18.130 Review by superior court -- Scope -- Judgment
At the trial the court shall determine whether the board has acted within its discretion and has correctly construed and applied the law. If it ...

85.18.140 Appellate review
Appellate review may be sought as in other civil cases: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That review must be sought within fifteen days after the date of entry ...

85.18.150 Levy is for continuous benefits only
The dollar rate levy returns collected from time to time under this chapter are solely assessments for benefits received continuously by the protected properties, calculated ...

85.18.160 Annual estimate of costs -- Levy as part of general taxes
The board of commissioners of any diking district proceeding under this chapter shall, on or before the first day of November of each year, make ...

85.18.170 Emergency expenditures -- Warrants
In the case of an emergency or disaster not in contemplation at the time of making the annual estimate of costs, declared to be such ...

85.18.180 Levy is exclusive method for raising revenue -- Exception
Any diking district operating under this chapter shall not use the processes provided for raising revenue under any other law: PROVIDED, That any such other ...

85.18.900 Severability -- 1951 c 45
Should any section or provision of this act be declared unconstitutional or ineffectual, such action shall not affect or nullify any other provision or section ...