Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 87 Irrigation - Chapter 87.84 Irrigation And Rehabilitation Districts

87.84.005 Purpose -- Districts authorized
The growing population of the state of Washington, coupled with increasing amounts of available leisure time have greatly expanded the need for and use of ...

87.84.010 Eligibility
Any irrigation district having the major portion of an inland navigable body of water within its exterior boundaries and which has filed with the department ...

87.84.020 Petition to convert irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district, contents -- Bond for costs
A petition to convert an existing irrigation district to an irrigation and rehabilitation district shall be signed by at least fifty holders of title or ...

87.84.030 Notice and hearing on petition
A notice of hearing and a hearing on the petition shall be held as provided by RCW 87.03.020.[1961 c 226 § 4.] ...

87.84.040 Notice and election
A notice of election and election shall be held to determine whether the electors desire to convert the existing irrigation district to an irrigation and ...

87.84.050 Purposes of organization
In addition to the purposes for which irrigation districts may be organized under RCW 87.03.010, an irrigation and rehabilitation district may also be organized or ...

87.84.060 Directors -- Powers, rights and authority of directors and district
The directors of the irrigation and rehabilitation district shall be the same as of the irrigation district and the directors shall retain all power, rights ...

87.84.061 Directors -- Additional powers
The water in any natural or impounded lake, wholly or partially within the boundaries of an irrigation and rehabilitation district, together with all use of ...

87.84.070 Special assessments -- Notice and election -- Collection
The directors shall be empowered to specially assess land located in the district for benefits thereto taking as a basis the last equalized assessment for ...

87.84.071 Special assessments inferior to existing city or town L.I.D. assessments
The special assessments provided for in RCW 87.84.070 shall be subject to and inferior to existing local improvement district assessments of any city or town ...

87.84.080 Rules and regulations -- Authorized -- Publication -- Hearing
The directors of an irrigation and rehabilitation district shall have the authority to pass rules and regulations to accomplish district purposes. The rules and regulations ...

87.84.090 Rules and regulations -- Violation as misdemeanor -- Jurisdiction -- Penalty -- Review
The directors may enact rules and regulations, the violation of which shall be punishable as a misdemeanor, and the district judges in said district shall ...

87.84.100 Rules and regulations -- Sheriff to enforce
The sheriff's department of any county in which an irrigation and rehabilitation district is located shall enforce the rules and regulations of the district.[1963 c ...

87.84.110 Corporate powers and authority
An irrigation and rehabilitation district shall possess all the usual powers of a municipal corporation and shall have the authority to sue and enforce its ...

87.84.120 City, town, county, powers not restricted -- Title 79 RCW not modified
The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed so as to restrict the governing body of any city, town or county located on or ...