Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 57 Water-Sewer Districts - Chapter 57.24 Annexation Of Territory

57.24.001 Actions subject to review by boundary review board
Actions taken under this chapter may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.[1996 c 230 § 901; 1989 ...

57.24.010 Annexation authorized -- Petition -- Notice of hearing
Territory within the county or counties in which a district is located, or territory adjoining or in close proximity to a district but which is ...

57.24.020 Hearing procedure -- Boundaries -- Election, notice, judges
When such petition is presented for hearing, the legislative authority of each county in which the territory proposed to be annexed is located shall hear ...

57.24.040 Election -- Qualification of voters
(1) The annexation election shall be held on the date designated in the notice and shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws ...

57.24.050 Expense of election
All elections held pursuant to this chapter, whether general or special, shall be conducted by the county auditor of the county in which the district ...

57.24.060 Petition method is alternative to election method
The method of annexation provided for in RCW 57.24.070 through 57.24.100 shall be an alternative method to that specified in RCW 57.24.010 through 57.24.050.[1953 c ...

57.24.070 Petition method -- Petition -- Signers -- Content -- Certain public properties excluded from local improvement districts
As an alternative method of annexation, a petition for annexation of an area contiguous to a district may be made in writing, addressed to and ...

57.24.080 Petition method -- Hearing -- Notice
If the petition for annexation filed with the board of commissioners complies with the requirements of law, as proved to the satisfaction of the board ...

57.24.090 Petition method -- Resolution providing for annexation
Following the hearing the board of commissioners shall determine by resolution whether annexation shall be made. It may annex all or any portion of the ...

57.24.100 Petition method -- Effective date of annexation -- Prior indebtedness
Upon the date fixed in the resolution the area annexed shall become a part of the district. No property within the limits of the territory ...

57.24.170 Annexation of certain unincorporated territory -- Authorized -- Hearing
When there is, within a district, unincorporated territory containing less than one hundred acres and having at least eighty percent of the boundaries of such ...

57.24.180 Annexation of certain unincorporated territory -- Opportunity to be heard -- Effective date of annexation resolution -- Notice -- Referendum
On the date set for hearing under RCW 57.24.170, residents or property owners of the area included in the resolution for annexation shall be afforded ...

57.24.190 Annexation of certain unincorporated territory -- Referendum authorized -- Petition -- Election -- Effective date of annexation
The annexation resolution under RCW 57.24.180 shall be subject to referendum for forty-five days after the passage thereof. Upon the filing of a timely and ...

57.24.200 Expenditure of funds to provide certain information authorized -- Limits
A district may expend funds to inform residents in areas proposed for annexation into the district of the following: (1) Technical information and data; (2) ...

57.24.210 Annexation of certain unincorporated territory with boundaries contiguous to two municipal corporations providing water or sewer service -- Procedure
When there is unincorporated territory containing less than one hundred acres and having at least eighty percent of the boundaries of such area contiguous to ...

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

57.24.230 Annexation of territory within cities -- Authorized -- Process
(1) If a district acquires either water facilities or sewer facilities, or both from a city, and the district and the city within which the ...

57.24.240 Annexation of territory within cities -- Hearing procedure -- Election notice
(1) If a resolution calling for an annexation election as provided in RCW 57.24.230 is presented for hearing, the legislative authority of each county in ...

57.24.250 Annexation of territory within cities -- Election
(1) The annexation election shall be held on the date designated in the notice and shall be conducted in accordance with the general election laws ...

57.24.260 Annexation of territory within cities -- Alternative method
The method of annexation provided for in RCW 57.24.230 through 57.24.250 is an alternative method and is additional to other methods provided for in this ...