Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 89 Reclamation, Soil Conservation, And Land Settlement - Chapter 89.30 Reclamation Districts Of One Million Acres

89.30.001 District authorized -- Area not less than one million acres -- No fees
Reclamation districts including an area of not less than one million acres of land may be created and maintained in this state, as herein provided, ...

89.30.004 Lands in one or more counties
Such reclamation districts may include all or part of the territory of any county and may combine the territory in two or more counties, in ...

89.30.007 General purposes of district
Such reclamation districts may be organized or maintained for any or all the following general purposes: (1) The construction or purchase and the operation and ...

89.30.010 Petition -- Filing
Whenever fifty, or a majority of the holders of title to, or of evidence of title to, lands susceptible of irrigation in each of the ...

89.30.013 Petition -- Contents
Said petition shall describe the lands proposed to be irrigated in township and ranges and in case of smaller bodies of land, in legal subdivisions ...

89.30.016 Public lands of state may be included
State, granted, school or other public lands of the state of Washington may be included in such districts, and may be included in any general ...

89.30.019 Interest in public lands treated as private property -- Public title unaffected, liens barred
All leases, contracts, or other form of holding any interest in any state or public land shall be treated as the private property of the ...

89.30.022 Federal lands may be included
Lands of the federal government may be included within such districts; and such lands may be included in any general improvement or divisional district authorized ...

89.30.025 Possessory interest in federal lands -- Water rent, credit for prior payment
Lands held by private persons under possessory rights from the federal government may be included within the operation of the district, and as soon as ...

89.30.028 Petitioners to describe their lands -- Petitioners deemed owners thereof
Persons signing said petition shall state following their respective names, in a place provided in said petition for that purpose, the legal description of the ...

89.30.031 Proof of ownership by tax roll
The ownership of land of any of the petitioners may be shown by the county general tax roll of the county in which such land ...

89.30.034 Petition on separate sheets -- Withdrawals
The petition for organization of such reclamation district shall consist of any number of separate instruments of uniform similarity, numbered consecutively. For convenience, lands represented ...

89.30.037 Correction of deficient petition
If it shall appear that said petition or any part thereof does not contain the matters and things required by the statute, said county board ...

89.30.040 Conflicting petitions -- Largest territory considered first
In the event that more than one petition for the organization of a reclamation district covering any of the same territory, is filed with the ...

89.30.043 Order for hearing -- Notice
If and when said county board finds that the petition is sufficient it shall enter an order to that effect and shall fix a time ...

89.30.046 Publication of notice
Said notice shall be published once a week for at least two weeks (three issues) before the time when the hearing on said petition is ...

89.30.049 Contents of notice
Said notice shall state that a petition has been filed with said county board for the purpose of creating a reclamation district under the provisions ...

89.30.052 Copy of notice to each member of commission
Said clerk shall also mail a copy of said notice to each member of the commission hereinafter provided for, at least two weeks before the ...

89.30.055 Commission -- Creation -- Composition
Upon the giving of notice of hearing on the petition by the clerk of the county board aforesaid, there is hereby authorized and created a ...

89.30.058 Commission -- Chairman -- Clerk -- Quorum
The state director of ecology shall be ex officio chairman of said commission, and the clerk of the county board of the county in which ...

89.30.061 Commission -- Clerk not to vote unless tie
The clerk of the commission shall not be entitled to vote on matters coming before it, except in case of a tie vote of the ...

89.30.064 Commission -- General powers
Said commission is hereby given full authority to receive evidence, to make independent investigation, to determine and establish the boundaries of the district, to adjourn ...

89.30.067 Commission -- Adjournments
The period of such adjournments, however, shall not exceed ninety days in all and in case of lack of a quorum, one or more members ...

89.30.070 Commission -- Expenses
Except as otherwise herein provided the necessary expenses of the commission and of the members thereof in performing the duties and functions of said commission ...

89.30.073 Hearing on petition -- Place
The hearing on said petition shall be held at the office of the county board of the county where the petition is filed or at ...

89.30.076 Hearing on petition -- Proof of notice
At the time and place designated in said notice the commission shall meet to consider said petition. Said commission shall first determine whether notice of ...

89.30.079 Hearing on petition -- Consideration of petition -- Evidence
If it is determined that the notice of the hearing has been properly published, the commission shall proceed to consider the petition, and to receive ...

89.30.082 Hearing on petition -- Boundaries to be fixed
Said commission shall have full authority to increase or diminish and change the boundaries of the proposed district and to fix the same so as ...

89.30.085 Hearing on petition -- Name -- Election to be ordered
At said hearing the commission shall give the district a name, shall fix a day for and order an election to be held therein for ...

89.30.088 Order for election to county auditors
The clerk of the commission shall forthwith mail by registered mail a copy of said order for an election to the county auditors of each ...

89.30.091 Records of commission to be preserved
Upon full determination of the petition and the ordering of said election, the commission shall turn all papers and records involved in its deliberations over ...

89.30.094 Election -- How conducted -- Qualifications of electors
Notice of said election shall be given by the same officer in the same manner and for the same length of time, electors shall have ...

89.30.097 Election -- Notice, contents -- Ballots
The notice of said election shall specify the boundaries of the proposed district as established by the commission and shall state that the object of ...

89.30.100 Election -- Canvass of returns
The board of county commissioners of the county in which the petition to organize the district is filed shall receive from the several county auditors ...

89.30.103 Order organizing district
If upon the tabulation of said abstracts of the returns of said election as herein provided, it appears that a majority of the votes cast ...

89.30.106 Order organizing district -- Copy to be filed with county commissioners of other counties
Said county board shall then cause a copy of such order, duly certified by the clerk of the board to be immediately filed for record ...

89.30.109 Certified statement to be filed for record
It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of county commissioners of every county in which any lands included in the district ...

89.30.112 When creation complete -- Proceedings conclusive, exception
From and after such filing the creation of the district shall be complete and its existence cannot thereafter be legally questioned by any person except ...

89.30.115 District liable for formation costs
Any reclamation district created under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for the necessary costs preliminary to and involved in preparing the petition ...

89.30.118 Change of name procedure -- Effect
Any reclamation district created under the provisions of this chapter may change its corporate name by filing with the board of county commissioners of each ...

89.30.121 District is political subdivision
Reclamation districts created under this chapter shall be political subdivisions of the state and shall be held and construed to be municipal corporations within the ...

89.30.124 Judgments against district -- When chargeable against improvement and divisional districts
Any judgment obtained against the reclamation district on account of any contract or transaction, made for or on behalf of any general improvement district or ...

89.30.127 District a corporate body -- Powers
A reclamation district created under this chapter shall constitute a body corporate and shall possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes ...

89.30.130 Powers -- In general
Said reclamation districts shall have full authority to carry out the objects of their creation and to that end are authorized to acquire, purchase, hold, ...

89.30.133 Powers -- Improvement and divisional districts, purposes
Said reclamation districts shall have authority to create general improvement districts and divisional districts to include any or all the lands within the reclamation district, ...

89.30.136 Powers -- Development, sale, use, etc., of water or electric energy
Said reclamation districts shall have authority to develop and sell, lease or rent the use of water or electric energy for use or distribution within ...

89.30.139 Powers -- Bonds payable from income
Said reclamation districts shall also have authority to issue and sell bonds of the district payable from the income derived from the sale or rental ...

89.30.142 Powers -- Sale or lease of water -- Drains -- Land settlement
Said reclamation districts shall also have authority: (1) To construct, repair, purchase, maintain, or lease a system or systems for the sale or lease of ...

89.30.145 Powers -- Fiscal agent for United States
Reclamation districts created under this chapter may accept appointment as fiscal agent or other authority of the United States to make collections of money for ...

89.30.148 Surety bond from contractor
Any person, firm or corporation except the state of Washington or the United States, to whom or to which a contract may have been awarded ...

89.30.151 Payments under contracts -- Retained percentage
Contracts entered into by reclamation districts authorized under this chapter for construction or for services or materials, may provide that payments shall be made in ...

89.30.154 Contracts -- Public bidding -- Notice
Contracts for labor or materials entering into the construction of any improvement authorized by the district shall be awarded at public bidding except as herein ...

89.30.157 Contracts with United States or any state for construction, etc
The board shall have authority to enter into any obligation or contract authorized by law with the United States or with any state therein for ...

89.30.160 Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Assumption of control or management
Reclamation districts created under this chapter shall have authority to enter into contracts with the state of Washington or the United States under any act ...

89.30.163 Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Bonds as payment or security -- Levy for interest or payment
In case a contract has been or shall be hereafter made between the district and the state of Washington and/or the United States as herein ...

89.30.166 Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Submission of contracts to electors
No contract, however, providing for the levy of such assessments shall be entered into with the state of Washington or the United States as above ...

89.30.169 Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Election procedure
Elections held for the purpose of approving a contract with the state of Washington or the United States as herein provided, shall be called, noticed, ...

89.30.172 Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Liability of district for improvement and divisional district obligations
The reclamation district shall not be liable under any contract creating an obligation chargeable against the lands of any general improvement district or of any ...

89.30.175 Drainage system -- Authorization -- Notice -- Hearing
Whenever in the judgment of the reclamation district board a system of drainage for any lands included in the operation of any general improvement or ...

89.30.178 Drainage system -- Powers
Upon the passing of said resolution, the district shall in all respects have the same power and authority as is now or may hereafter be ...

89.30.181 Drainage system -- Benefit to public road or city sewer system -- Assessment
Whenever any drainage improvement constructed under the provisions of this chapter results in benefit to the whole or any part of a public road, road ...

89.30.184 Eminent domain -- Authorized
The taking and damaging of property or rights therein or thereto by a reclamation district to construct an improvement or to fully carry out the ...

89.30.187 Eminent domain -- Procedure
Reclamation districts exercising the power of eminent domain shall proceed in the name of the district in the manner provided by law for the appropriation ...

89.30.190 Eminent domain -- Joinder, consolidation of actions -- Separate verdicts
The district may at its option unite in a single action proceedings to condemn, for its use, property which is held by separate owners. Two ...

89.30.193 Eminent domain -- Damages and benefits -- Judgment when damages exceed benefits, costs
The jury, or the court if the jury be waived, in such condemnation proceedings shall find and return a verdict for the amount of damages ...

89.30.196 Eminent domain -- Damages and benefits -- Judgment for costs when benefits equal or exceed damages
If it shall appear by the verdict that the gross special benefits equal or exceed the gross damages, judgment shall be entered against the district ...

89.30.199 Eminent domain -- Levy on uncondemned lands unaffected
If the damages found in any condemnation proceedings are to be paid for from funds of the reclamation district, no finding of the jury or ...

89.30.202 Eminent domain -- Verdict and findings binding as to levy
If the damages found in any condemnation proceedings are to be paid for from special assessments levied in behalf of any general improvement or divisional ...

89.30.205 Eminent domain -- Damages applied pro tanto to satisfy levies
The damages thus allowed but not paid shall be applied pro tanto to the satisfaction of the levies made for such construction costs upon the ...

89.30.208 Eminent domain -- Title acquired
The title acquired by the reclamation district in condemnation proceedings shall be the fee simple title or such lesser estate as shall be designated in ...

89.30.211 Right of entry to make surveys, etc
The reclamation district board and its agents and employees shall have the right to enter upon any land, to make surveys and may locate the ...

89.30.214 Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc. -- Duty to restore
The board of directors of any reclamation district authorized under this chapter, shall have power to construct district works across any stream of water, water ...

89.30.217 Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc. -- Railroads to cooperate
Every company whose railroad shall be intersected or crossed by district works shall unite with said board in forming said intersections and crossings and shall ...

89.30.220 Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc. -- Disagreements, how determined
If such railroad company and said board or the owners or controllers of said property, thing or franchise so to be crossed, cannot agree upon ...

89.30.223 Right-of-way on state lands
The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart to locate construction and maintenance works over and through any of the lands which are now ...

89.30.226 Board of directors -- Composition
The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of directors composed of a number of qualified resident electors of the district equal ...

89.30.229 Board of directors -- Term of office
Except as herein otherwise provided, the term of the office of director shall be six years from and after the second Monday in January next ...

89.30.232 Director districts
The county board at the time of making the order creating a reclamation district under the provisions of this chapter, shall divide the territory of ...

89.30.235 Director districts -- Geographical boundaries -- Designation
All the territory of each county included within the boundaries of the reclamation district shall constitute a director district which shall be designated by the ...

89.30.238 First board -- Appointment
The county board of the county in which each director district is located shall within ten days after receipt of the order creating the reclamation ...

89.30.241 First board -- Term
The first members of the district board so appointed shall hold office until their successors have been elected at the time of the next general ...

89.30.244 First directors -- Election
At the time of the next general state and county election, an election shall be held in each of the director districts in the reclamation ...

89.30.247 First directors -- Nominations
Candidates for the office of district director shall be nominated in the manner herein provided for such nominations.[1927 c 254 § 83; RRS § 7402-83.] ...

89.30.250 First directors -- Terms
The terms of the first directors of the district to be elected shall be determined in relation to the amount of the taxable wealth in ...

89.30.253 Directors -- Term
After the first terms have been served, all directors shall serve for a term of six years.[1927 c 254 § 85; RRS § 7402-85. Formerly ...

89.30.256 Directors -- Vacancies
In case of any vacancy occurring in the office of director, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of a resident elector of the director ...

89.30.259 Directors -- Oath -- Bond
Each director shall take and subscribe an official oath for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office and shall execute an official bond ...

89.30.262 Secretary's oath and bond
The secretary of the district shall take and subscribe a written oath of office and execute an official bond in the sum of not less ...

89.30.265 Additional official bonds when fiscal agent of United States
In case any district authorized in this chapter is appointed fiscal agent of the United States or is authorized by the United States in connection ...

89.30.268 Additional official bonds when fiscal agent of United States -- Suit on
Any such additional bonds required by the secretary of interior as above provided may be sued upon by the United States or any person injured ...

89.30.271 Official bonds, cost of
All official bonds executed by district officers under the provisions of this chapter shall be secured at the cost of the district.[1927 c 254 § ...

89.30.274 Directors -- Organization -- President, secretary
The directors of the reclamation district shall organize as a board and shall elect a president from their number and appoint a secretary who shall ...

89.30.277 District office
The office of the directors and principal place of business of the reclamation district shall be some place in the reclamation district to be designated ...

89.30.280 District office -- Change of location
Said office and official place of business may be changed by passing a resolution to that effect at a previous meeting of the board entered ...

89.30.283 Directors -- Regular meetings, change of day
The directors shall hold a regular monthly meeting at their office on such day in each month as the board shall designate in their bylaws ...

89.30.286 Directors -- Special meetings -- Notice -- Business permissible
Special meetings of the board may be called at any time by order of a majority of the directors. Any member not joining in said ...

89.30.289 Directors -- Meetings and records public
All meetings of the board of directors shall be public. All records of the board shall be open for the inspection of any elector of ...

89.30.292 Directors -- Quorum -- Action by majority
A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and in all matters requiring action by the board, there shall ...

89.30.295 Directors -- Seal, bylaws, rules
The board shall have the power and it shall be its duty to adopt a seal of the reclamation district and to establish equitable bylaws, ...

89.30.298 Compensation of directors, officers, employees
The members of the board of directors shall each receive not to exceed five dollars per day in attending the meetings, to be determined by ...

89.30.301 Interest in contracts prohibited -- Penalty
No director or any other officer named in this chapter shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly in any contract awarded or to ...

89.30.304 Delivery of records, etc., to successor
Every person, upon the expiration or sooner termination of his term of office as an officer of the district, shall immediately turn over and deliver, ...

89.30.307 Employees on termination to deliver records to board -- Penalty
Every person hired by the district and having in his custody or under his control, in connection with his contract of hire, any records, books, ...

89.30.310 County treasurer is ex officio district treasurer
The county treasurer of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected shall be and is hereby constituted ex officio district ...

89.30.313 Liability of county treasurers
Any county treasurer collecting or handling funds of the district shall be liable upon his official bond and to criminal prosecution for malfeasance, misfeasance or ...

89.30.316 County treasurers to collect assessments
It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of each county in which lands of the district are located to collect and receipt for ...

89.30.319 Funds to be deposited with county treasurer
There shall be deposited with the county treasurer of the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was effected, all sums collected for ...

89.30.322 Claims against district
Any claim against the district shall be presented to the district board for allowance or rejection. Upon allowance the claim shall be attached to a ...

89.30.325 Disbursement of funds by county treasurer
Said county treasurer shall pay out the moneys received or deposited with him or any portion thereof upon warrants issued by the county auditor against ...

89.30.328 Treasurer's monthly report
The said treasurer shall report in writing during the first week in each month to the board of directors of the district the amount of ...

89.30.331 Secretary's monthly report of expenditures
The secretary shall also report to the board in writing during the first week in each month, the amount and items of expenditures during the ...

89.30.334 Elections -- When general held
General elections may be held in the reclamation district at the same time that general state and county elections are held to determine any proposition ...

89.30.337 Elections -- When special held
Special elections may be held at any time upon resolution of the district board.[1927 c 254 § 113; RRS § 7402-113. Formerly RCW 89.22.580.] ...

89.30.340 Elections -- How noticed and conducted
Notice of any general or special reclamation district election held under the provisions of this chapter shall be given by the same officials in the ...

89.30.343 Elections -- Voting precincts
All county voting precincts lying wholly within the reclamation district shall also constitute the voting precincts of such district. In any instance where the county ...

89.30.346 Elections -- Polling places
The polling places for the county voting precincts shall also be the polling places for all voting precincts of the reclamation district, which coincide with ...

89.30.349 Elections -- Polls outside district precinct
No reclamation district election, otherwise regular, shall be invalid by reason of the fact that some of the polling places for said election were located ...

89.30.352 Elections -- List of registered voters
The registration clerk of any county voting precinct, partially included in a reclamation district voting precinct, is hereby authorized and it shall be his duty ...

89.30.355 Elections -- Certification of propositions
At least thirty days prior to any general district election, the secretary of the reclamation district shall certify to the county auditor of each county ...

89.30.358 Elections -- Ballots to be separate
The reclamation district ballot for any district election shall be separate from that for any other election held at the same time and place and ...

89.30.361 Elections -- Checking names of voters against registration list
In any case where the reclamation district voting precinct includes only part of the county voting precinct, the precinct election officials for said precinct shall ...

89.30.364 Elections -- Returns -- Canvassing boards
Precinct election officials shall make return of reclamation district elections to their respective county canvassing boards, which boards are hereby constituted canvassing boards for all ...

89.30.367 Elections -- Abstract of result
Immediately upon conclusion of the canvass of the returns of the reclamation district election held in the precincts located in his county, the county auditor ...

89.30.370 Elections -- District board to tabulate abstracts and declare result
Upon receipt of all the required abstracts of any said reclamation district election, the district board shall meet and tabulate the same, and by resolution ...

89.30.373 Director district to be represented on board
Each director district shall be entitled to representation on the reclamation district board.[1927 c 254 § 125; RRS § 7402-125. Formerly RCW 89.22.020, part.] ...

89.30.376 Election of subsequent directors
At the time of the general state and county election next prior to the expiration of the term of office of any director representing a ...

89.30.379 Director district elections
Director district elections shall be provided for, noticed, conducted, canvassed and abstracts of the returns mailed to the reclamation district board, by the same respective ...

89.30.382 Declaration of candidacy for board -- Fee
Any qualified resident elector of any director district which is entitled at that time to elect a candidate for the office of reclamation district director ...

89.30.385 Ballots for director
The ballots for the election of any reclamation district director shall contain the names of all candidates for such office, who have filed and paid ...

89.30.388 District elections -- Primary law not to apply
The provisions of the law of the state relating to primary elections shall not apply to district elections authorized in this chapter.[1927 c 254 § ...

89.30.391 Annual tax -- Authorization
For the purpose of raising revenue for any of the purposes of the reclamation district, an annual tax shall be levied on all the taxable ...

89.30.394 Annual tax -- How equalized and levied
Said taxes shall be assessed by the county assessors of each county in which any land within the reclamation district is situated, the valuations of ...

89.30.397 Annual tax -- How collected
Taxes so levied shall become a part of the general tax roll of the county and shall be collected and the property charged therewith sold ...

89.30.400 Debt limit -- General
Reclamation districts created under the provisions of this chapter are hereby authorized and empowered to contract indebtedness for district purposes in any manner, when they ...

89.30.403 Exceeding debt limit -- Procedure
Such reclamation districts may contract indebtedness for strictly district purposes in excess of the amount specified in the preceding section, but not exceeding in amount, ...

89.30.412 General obligation bonds -- Authorized
The reclamation district board shall have authority to evidence district indebtedness by the issuance and sale of negotiable general obligation bonds of the district. Such ...

89.30.427 Special fund from fixed income -- Bonds payable from special fund -- Contract to purchase or lease electricity -- Powers of reclamation district conferred
(1) In any instance where the district, general improvement or divisional district is selling, renting or leasing water or electric energy under the provisions of ...

89.30.430 Special fund from fixed income -- Contents -- Pledge of income -- Not district obligation
Bonds payable from such special fund shall not be an obligation of the reclamation district and they shall state on their face that they are ...

89.30.433 Special fund from fixed income -- Maturity -- Form -- Interest rates
Said bonds shall mature in series amortized in a definite schedule during a period not to exceed sixty years from the date of their issuance, ...

89.30.436 General improvement districts -- Authorized
In any instance where the construction, reconstruction, betterment or extension of power and/or irrigation works or the acquisition of property and rights therein appropriate for ...

89.30.439 General improvement districts -- Resolution, survey and investigation
For the purpose of organizing such an improvement district, the district board shall pass a resolution outlining in general terms the proposed improvement to be ...

89.30.442 General improvement districts -- Cost of survey and investigation -- Limitation of levy
The cost of making said survey and investigation shall be paid from any funds available for the purpose in the treasury of the reclamation district; ...

89.30.445 General improvement districts -- Board may make survey and investigation
The district board shall have full authority to make such survey and investigation as in its judgment shall be necessary to obtain reliable information upon ...

89.30.448 General improvement districts -- Contract with state or United States for survey and investigation
The district board shall also have authority to enter into contracts with the proper department of the state of Washington or the federal government, to ...

89.30.451 General improvement districts -- Report on survey and investigation -- Estimate of cost
Upon the completion of said survey and investigation, the district board shall cause to be filed in its office a written report of the same. ...

89.30.454 General improvement districts -- Notice for hearing on report
The district board shall thereupon fix a time and place for a hearing on said report and shall cause notice of said hearing to be ...

89.30.457 General improvement districts -- Contents of notice for hearing
Said notice shall state that all or part of the lands included in the reclamation district (naming it) are proposed to be organized as a ...

89.30.460 General improvement districts -- Hearing -- Adjournments
On the date set for said hearing, the district board shall meet at the place designated in the notice, and if it appears that due ...

89.30.463 General improvement districts -- Objections and evidence at hearing
At said hearing, the district board shall hear all objections and receive all pertinent evidence offered and shall, in any event, receive evidence as to ...

89.30.466 General improvement districts -- Change of plans
The district board at said hearing may adopt, or for good reason, change, add to or modify the plans for the system of improvement, and ...

89.30.469 General improvement districts -- Order on approval
If at said hearing the district board approves the plan of improvement or acquisition of property or rights therein, it shall make and enter an ...

89.30.472 General improvement districts -- Findings conclusive, exception
The finding of the board that the lands included within the general improvement district will be benefited by the proposed improvement or acquisition of property ...

89.30.475 General improvement districts -- Special benefits deemed continuing
The special benefits conferred upon the lands involved in the general improvement district by any such improvement or by the acquisition of any property or ...

89.30.478 General improvement districts -- Powers of board -- Act on behalf of improvement or divisional district not to render reclamation district liable
The board of directors of the reclamation district shall have full authority to manage and conduct the business affairs of the general improvement district, to ...

89.30.481 Power of board as to assessments in improvement or divisional districts
Said district board shall have authority to levy assessments as herein provided against the benefited lands included within the operation of the general improvement or ...

89.30.484 Divisional districts -- Authorized
For the purpose of carrying out any of the objects for which a reclamation district may be created and maintained, under the provisions of this ...

89.30.487 Divisional districts -- Powers of board, officers and electors
All the powers which the district board, other officers and the electors therein, now or shall hereafter have under the provisions of this chapter to ...

89.30.490 Divisional districts -- Organization
Divisional districts shall be organized in the same manner as that provided herein for the organization of general improvement districts.[1927 c 254 § 164; RRS ...

89.30.493 Divisional districts -- Liability
Any assessments levied against the lands included in any said divisional district, any contracts entered into, any evidences of indebtedness issued, or obligations arising, in ...

89.30.496 Divisional districts -- Assessments, contracts, etc
The district board and other proper officers shall have authority to levy and collect assessments against the lands included in any said divisional district, enter ...

89.30.499 Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Petition -- Prior obligations
In any instance in which any tract of land not susceptible of irrigation in its natural state has been included in any general improvement district ...

89.30.502 Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Time for hearing -- Notice
Upon the receipt of any petition for exclusion of lands from any general improvement district or divisional district, the board shall fix a time and ...

89.30.505 Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Hearing
At the time and place named in the notice, the board shall consider the petition and shall have full authority to grant or deny the ...

89.30.508 Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Levy to pay bonds preserved
In the event that there are outstanding bonds, the board shall have authority, if it believes that the petition should otherwise be granted, to grant ...

89.30.511 Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Unconditional relief -- Effect
In the event that a petition for exclusion as herein provided is unconditionally granted by the district board, said land shall thereafter be relieved from ...

89.30.514 Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Power to reduce assessments
In the event that lands petitioned to be excluded cannot be relieved of the obligation to pay assessments for outstanding bonds, the board shall have ...

89.30.517 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Authorized
(1) For the purpose of furthering or carrying out any of the objects for which a general improvement or divisional district was organized, for the ...

89.30.520 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Form, contents, payment, interest
(1) Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be negotiable, serial bonds, in such series, maturities and denominations as the board shall determine, ...

89.30.523 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Obligation of improvement and divisional district -- Reclamation district not obligated -- Deferred assessments
Such bonds shall not constitute an obligation of the reclamation district and shall so specify on their face, but said bonds shall constitute a general ...

89.30.526 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Election, how conducted
Elections held in a general improvement or divisional district for the purpose of determining whether bonds of the district shall be issued, shall except as ...

89.30.529 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Election precincts and officials
The several county election boards of the respective counties concerned shall have full authority and it shall be their duty to establish election precincts within ...

89.30.532 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Contents of notice of election
Notice of said election shall state the amount and maturities of the proposed bonds and in general terms the objects for which said bonds are ...

89.30.535 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Notice and election in nonassessable area
Where any nonassessable area is situated within any voting precinct within the general improvement or divisional district, any notice or other announcement required by law ...

89.30.538 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Mailing returns -- Canvass
The election officials for every voting precinct for said bond elections shall mail their returns to the county election board of the county in which ...

89.30.541 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Abstract of election results
Immediately upon the canvass of said election, the county auditors of the several counties concerned shall mail an abstract of the result of said election ...

89.30.544 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds
The reclamation district board shall tabulate said abstracts of election returns and if it appears that a majority of the votes cast at any such ...

89.30.547 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Sale or exchange price
(1) General improvement or divisional district bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be sold for less than ninety percent of their ...

89.30.550 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Pledge of bonds to United States
Such bonds may be pledged to the United States under any contract with the United States authorized by federal statute, for the purpose of furthering ...

89.30.553 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Public or private sale -- Payment in property, labor, etc
Such bonds, or any portion thereof, may be sold at public or private sale, and property or property rights, labor and material, necessary to carry ...

89.30.556 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Negotiability -- Execution
(1) All general improvement or divisional district bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be negotiable in form, shall be signed by the ...

89.30.565 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Moneys paid to county treasurer
The proceeds of bond sales for cash shall be paid by the purchaser to the county treasurer of the county in which the organization of ...

89.30.568 Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Bonds paramount lien on moneys in fund
Bonds issued for or in behalf of any general improvement district or any divisional district under the provisions of this chapter, shall constitute a lien ...

89.30.571 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Annual ad valorem basis
Assessments made in order to carry out the purposes of any general improvement district or of any divisional district, authorized in this chapter, shall be ...

89.30.574 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Assessment roll
On or before the first Tuesday in November of each year, the secretary of the district shall prepare and file with the district board for ...

89.30.577 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Contents of assessment roll
On such assessment roll must be specified in separate columns, under appropriate headings, the following: (1) The name of the person to whom the property ...

89.30.580 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Basis of valuation
The value of such lands and improvements thereon shown on the county general tax roll, last equalized, shall be taken as the basis of valuation ...

89.30.583 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Valuation of lands not on tax roll
Lands and improvements not shown on the county general tax roll shall be given such valuation on the district assessment roll as the secretary shall ...

89.30.586 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Values on roll are conclusive, when
The values of land fixed by the secretary on the district assessment roll shall be conclusive upon all persons unless challenged before the district board ...

89.30.589 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Assessments for prior years -- Expense for delinquencies
Any property which may have escaped assessment for any year or years shall in addition to the assessment for the then current year be assessed ...

89.30.592 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Roll to segregate lands as to counties
Where the general improvement or divisional district embraces lands lying in more than one county, the assessment roll shall be so arranged that the lands ...

89.30.595 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Roll to district board -- Notice of equalization
On or before the first Tuesday in November each year, the secretary shall complete the general improvement or divisional district assessment roll and deliver it ...

89.30.598 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Time for equalization meeting -- Inspection of roll
The time fixed for said meeting shall not be less than twenty nor more than thirty days from the day of the first publication of ...

89.30.601 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Hearing before equalization board -- Authority
Upon the day specified in the notice of the meeting of the board of equalization, the board of directors which is hereby constituted a board ...

89.30.604 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Changes on roll to be noted -- Completed roll to county treasurers
The secretary shall be present during the sessions of the board of equalization, and note all changes made in the valuation of property and in ...

89.30.607 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Annual levy for bonds and interest
The board of directors shall in each year before said assessment roll for any general improvement or divisional district herein authorized, is delivered to the ...

89.30.610 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Levy for contracts with state or United States or for other charges
Said board shall also levy an assessment sufficient to provide for all payments due or to become due in the ensuing year to the United ...

89.30.613 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Levy for delinquencies
The board shall also at the time of making the annual levy for any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, estimate all ...

89.30.616 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Collected assessments to constitute designated special funds
Assessments against lands in any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, when collected by the county treasurer shall constitute a special fund ...

89.30.619 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Procedure on failure to deliver roll -- Preparation, equalization, levy by county commissioners
If the annual assessment roll or segregation thereof for any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, has not been delivered to the ...

89.30.622 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Manner and effect of levy by county commissioners -- Expenses
Any levy of assessments so made by said board of county commissioners shall be made in the same manner and with like effect as if ...

89.30.625 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- County treasurer may perform duties of district secretary, when
In case of the neglect or refusal of the secretary of the reclamation district to perform the duties imposed by law, then the treasurer of ...

89.30.628 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Lien of assessment, when attaches
The assessment upon the real property in any general improvement or divisional district authorized under this chapter, shall be a lien against the property assessed ...

89.30.631 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Assessment lien paramount -- When extinguished
The lien for said assessments shall be paramount and superior to any other lien theretofore or thereafter created, whether by mortgage, judgment or otherwise except ...

89.30.634 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- When assessments due and payable -- Delinquency date
The assessments specified in said assessment roll shall become due and payable on the first Monday of February of the year succeeding the equalization of ...

89.30.637 Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- When assessment delinquent -- Interest rate
If the whole or fifty percent thereof shall not have been paid on or before five o'clock in the afternoon on the thirty-first day of ...

89.30.640 Installment payments -- Delinquency
If fifty percent of said assessments against any tract of land is paid on or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the thirty-first day ...

89.30.643 Installment payments -- Assessment book -- Contents
Upon receiving the assessment roll for any general improvement or divisional district authorized herein, the county treasurer shall prepare therefrom an assessment book in which ...

89.30.646 Installment payments -- Entry of payments -- Receipt
Upon the payment of any said assessment, the county treasurer shall enter the date of payment in said assessment book opposite the description of the ...

89.30.649 Installment payments -- Statement of assessments levied to be furnished on request
It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of the county in which any land in the general improvement or divisional district is located, ...

89.30.652 Installment payments -- County treasurers to make monthly remittances to district treasurer
It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of any county other than the county in which the organization of the reclamation district was ...

89.30.655 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- List to be posted
On or before the thirtieth day of June in each year each respective county treasurer concerned shall post the delinquency list which must contain the ...

89.30.658 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Notice of delinquency, contents, posting
Said county treasurer must append to and post with the delinquency list a notice that unless the assessment delinquent together with interest and costs are ...

89.30.661 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Publication of list of posted places and notice of sale
Concurrent as nearly as possible with the day of the posting required in the preceding section, the said county treasurer shall publish a list of ...

89.30.664 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Publication of notices -- Contents -- Time and place of sale
Such notice must be published once a week for two successive weeks (three issues) in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county within ...

89.30.667 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Sale of land for delinquency
The treasurer of the county in which the land is situated shall conduct the sale of all land situated therein and must collect the assessments ...

89.30.670 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- How conducted
On the day fixed for the sale or on some subsequent day to which the treasurer may have postponed it, of which postponement he must ...

89.30.673 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Postponement of sale
The county treasurer may postpone the date of commencing the sale or may postpone the sale from day to day by making oral notice thereof ...

89.30.676 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Designation of portion to be sold -- Sale by parts
The owner or person in possession of any real estate offered for sale for assessments thereon may designate in writing to the county treasurer by ...

89.30.679 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Resale upon purchaser's default
If the purchaser does not pay the assessment, interest and costs before ten o'clock a.m. the day following the sale, the property must be resold ...

89.30.682 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Reclamation district as purchaser
In case there is no purchaser in good faith for the property on the first day that the property is offered for sale and if ...

89.30.685 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Entry of sale when district is purchaser -- Credit
In case the district is the purchaser, the treasurer shall make an entry "sold to the district", and he shall receive proper credit for the ...

89.30.688 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Rights of district as purchaser
A reclamation district as purchaser at said sale shall be entitled to the same rights as a private purchaser and may assign or transfer the ...

89.30.691 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Deed to district in absence of redemption -- Conveyance
If no redemption is made of land for which a reclamation district holds a certificate of purchase, the district will be entitled to receive a ...

89.30.694 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Resolution to convey property acquired by district -- Price
Authority to convey any property thus acquired must be conferred by resolution of the board entered on its minutes fixing the price at which such ...

89.30.697 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Lease of property acquired by district
In the event that the district board shall determine that the best interests of the district will be conserved by the leasing of any property ...

89.30.700 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Disposition of proceeds of sale or lease by district
All moneys received by the reclamation district for transfers of certificates of sale, or through sale or lease of property acquired on account of sales ...

89.30.703 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Reconveyance to person entitled to redemption, when
When lands have been deeded by the county treasurer to the reclamation district on account of delinquent assessments, if title shall remain vested in the ...

89.30.706 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Certificate of sale in duplicate, contents
After receiving the amount of assessments, interest and costs, the county treasurer must make out in duplicate a certificate dated on the day of the ...

89.30.709 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Certificate of sale -- Form, filing, delivery
The certificate of sale must be signed by the treasurer making the sale and filed in his office. A duplicate of said certificate shall be ...

89.30.712 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Certificate of sale may include several tracts
In case of a sale to a person or a district of more than one parcel or tract of land, the several parcels or tracts ...

89.30.715 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Entry of sale in assessment book, inspection -- Filing certificate
The county treasurer before delivering any copy of a certificate of sale, must file the same and enter in the assessment book opposite the description ...

89.30.718 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Lien of assessment vested in purchaser -- When divested
On filing the certificate of sale as provided herein, the lien of the assessment vests in the purchaser and is only divested by the payment ...

89.30.721 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Redemption of property sold
A redemption of the property sold may be made by the owner or any person on behalf and in the name of the owner or ...

89.30.724 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Redemption in coin to treasurer -- To whom credited
Redemption must be made in gold or silver coin, as provided for the collection of state and county taxes, and the county treasurer must credit ...

89.30.727 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Entry of redemption in book and on certificate
Upon completion of redemption, the county treasurer to whom redemption has been made, shall enter the word "redeemed", the date of redemption and by whom ...

89.30.730 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Deed in absence of redemption, contents
If the property is not redeemed within one year from the date of sale, the county treasurer of the county in which the land sold ...

89.30.733 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Fee for deed -- Several parcels may be included in one deed
The treasurer shall receive from the purchaser for the use of the district one dollar for making such deed. When any person or district holds ...

89.30.736 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Recitals in deed -- Evidentiary effect
The matter recited in the certificate of sale must be recited in the deed and such deed duly acknowledged or proved is prima facie evidence ...

89.30.739 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Deed conclusive, exception
Such deed duly acknowledged or proved is (except as against actual fraud) conclusive evidence of the regularity of all the proceedings from the assessment by ...

89.30.742 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Title conveyed by deed
The deed conveys to the grantee the absolute title to the lands described therein free from all encumbrances except when the land is owned by ...

89.30.745 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Probative force of assessment book and delinquency list
The assessment book or delinquency list, or a copy thereof, certified by the secretary showing unpaid assessments against any person or property is prima facie ...

89.30.748 Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Sale not avoided by misnomer or mistake as to ownership
When land is sold for assessments correctly imposed as the property of a particular person no misnomer of the owner or supposed owner or other ...

89.30.751 Foreclosure of lien for general taxes -- Payment in full or sale subject to assessments due
The holder of any certificate of delinquency for general taxes may, before commencing any action to foreclose the lien of such certificate, pay in full ...

89.30.754 Liability of county for assessments after sale to county for general taxes
Property within a general improvement or divisional district authorized under the provisions of this chapter, acquired by a county pursuant to a foreclosure and sale ...

89.30.757 Sale of county lands for delinquent assessments
The county treasurer shall have authority to sell lands, owned by the county, for delinquent assessments levied against the same subsequent to the acquisition of ...

89.30.760 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Authorization by electors
Special assessments may be voted by the electors of any general improvement district or divisional district within the reclamation district for any of the purposes ...

89.30.763 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Levy and collection
In the event that special assessments are voted by the electors of the district, levy for the same against the lands within such district shall ...

89.30.766 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Proposition to be submitted to electors
When it is desired to levy special assessments for any of the purposes for which bonds of the district may be issued, the proposition to ...

89.30.769 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Election, how called, conducted, etc
Such election shall be called, provided for, notice thereof given, shall be conducted, and the results thereof canvassed by the same officers in the same ...

89.30.772 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Notice of election -- Ballots
The notice of election must specify the amount of money proposed to be raised and the purpose for which it is intended to be used ...

89.30.775 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Indebtedness authorized
If the majority of the votes cast at such election are "Assessment -- Yes", the board may immediately or at intervals thereafter incur indebtedness to ...

89.30.778 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Notes -- Terms
Said board in such event may provide for the payment of said indebtedness by the issue and sale of notes of the district to an ...

89.30.781 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Notes payable exclusively by assessments
Said notes shall be payable exclusively by assessments levied at the time of the regular annual levy each year thereafter until fully paid. All the ...

89.30.784 Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Interest on notes
(1) Notes issued under the provisions of this chapter shall bear interest at a rate or rates authorized by the district board, payable semiannually. (2) ...

89.30.787 Tolls for electricity and water -- Collection, deposit
The district board shall have authority to fix and charge tolls for the sale or lease and/or distribution of electric power or water, as herein ...

89.30.790 Tolls for electricity and water -- Toll collector's bond
Any officer of the district collecting tolls as herein provided, shall be required to give a surety bond in double the probable amount of monthly ...

89.30.793 Jurisdiction of courts
At the instance of the board of directors of any reclamation district created under this chapter, the superior court of the state of Washington shall ...

89.30.796 Jurisdiction of courts -- Petition for judicial determination
For the purpose of securing such judicial determination, the board of directors of the reclamation district shall file in the superior court of the county ...

89.30.799 Jurisdiction of courts -- Contents of petition
The petition shall state the facts generally showing the proceedings which are sought to be judicially examined.[1927 c 254 § 267; RRS § 7402-267. Formerly ...

89.30.802 Jurisdiction of courts -- Notice of hearing of petition
The court shall fix a time for the hearing of said petition and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish a ...

89.30.805 Jurisdiction of courts -- Notice, how given and published
The notice shall be given and published in the same manner and for the same length of time as that required herein for the notice ...

89.30.808 Jurisdiction of courts -- Demurrer or answer to petition
Any person interested in the proceedings sought to be judicially examined may demur to or answer said petition.[1927 c 254 § 270; RRS § 7402-270. ...

89.30.811 Jurisdiction of courts -- Rules which govern
The rules of pleading, practice and appeal provided by the statutes of this state which are not inconsistent with any of the provisions herein, are ...

89.30.814 Jurisdiction of courts -- Motion and order for new trial
A motion for a new trial must be made upon the minutes of the court. The order granting a new trial must specify the issues ...

89.30.817 Jurisdiction of courts -- Action in rem -- Power of court
Said action shall be one in rem against all persons claiming any right or interest in the proceedings concerned and upon the hearing of such ...

89.30.820 Jurisdiction of courts -- Errors disregarded -- Approval in whole or part
The court in inquiring into the regularity, legality and correctness of said proceedings, must disregard any error, determination or omission which does not affect the ...

89.30.823 Jurisdiction of courts -- Conclusiveness of judgment
The judgment rendered in such action unless appealed from within the time prescribed herein and upon final judgment upon appeal, shall be conclusive as to ...

89.30.826 Jurisdiction of courts -- Costs
The cost of the special judicial proceedings authorized herein may be allowed and apportioned between all of the parties in the discretion of the court.[1927 ...

89.30.829 Jurisdiction of courts -- Time for appeal
An appeal from an order granting or refusing a new trial or from the judgment in said action must be taken by the parties aggrieved ...

89.30.832 Liberal construction
The provisions of this chapter and all proceedings thereunder shall be liberally construed with a view to effect their objects.[1927 c 254 § 278; RRS ...

89.30.835 Severability -- 1927 c 254
If any section or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ...