Washington StatutesTitle 87 - Irrigation
- 87.03 - Irrigation districts generally.
- 87.03.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board -- Exceptions.
- 87.03.005 - District proposed -- Powers, when organized.
- 87.03.010 - Certain purposes for which district may be formed.
- 87.03.013 - Development of hydroelectric generation capabilities -- Legislative finding, intent -- Limitation.
- 87.03.015 - Certain powers of district enumerated.
- 87.03.0155 - Contract and formation powers.
- 87.03.016 - District may provide street lighting -- Limitations.
- 87.03.017 - District may assist residential owners in financing for conservation of energy -- When -- Plan -- Limitations.
- 87.03.0175 - District assistance for conservation, improvement, preservation, and efficient use.
- 87.03.018 - Creation of legal authority to carry out powers -- Method -- Indebtedness.
- 87.03.019 - Cooperative watershed management.
- 87.03.020 - Organization of district -- Petition -- Bond -- Notice -- Hearing--Order -- Notice of election.
- 87.03.025 - State lands situated in or taken into district -- Procedure -- Assessments, collection.
- 87.03.030 - Elections are governed by irrigation district laws.
- 87.03.031 - Absentee voting -- Certification of inconvenience.
- 87.03.032 - Absentee voting -- Notice of election, contents -- Ballot and form of certificate of qualifications to be furnished.
- 87.03.033 - Absentee voting -- Requirements for ballot to be counted -- Statement of qualifications -- Form of ballot.
- 87.03.034 - Absentee voting -- How incoming ballots are handled -- Canvass -- Statement of result of both regular and absentee ballots.
- 87.03.035 - Elections to form district -- How conducted.
- 87.03.040 - Elections to form district -- Canvass of returns -- Order.
- 87.03.045 - Qualifications of voters and directors -- Districts of two hundred thousand acres.
- 87.03.051 - Qualifications of voters and directors -- Districts of less than two hundred thousand acres.
- 87.03.071 - Certain districts -- Individual ownerships -- Two votes.
- 87.03.075 - Ballots in all elections -- Declaration of candidacy -- Petition of nomination -- When election not required.
- 87.03.080 - Directors -- Election -- Terms -- Increase and decrease.
- 87.03.081 - Directors -- Vacancies, how filled.
- 87.03.082 - Directors -- Oaths of office and official bonds -- Secretary.
- 87.03.083 - Directors -- Recall and discharge.
- 87.03.085 - Post-organization district elections -- Election boards -- Notice.
- 87.03.090 - Post-organization district elections -- Election officers -- Voting hours.
- 87.03.095 - Post-organization district elections -- Counting votes -- Record of ballots.
- 87.03.100 - Post-organization district elections -- Certification of returns -- Preservation for recount.
- 87.03.105 - Post-organization district elections -- Canvass.
- 87.03.110 - Post-organization district elections -- Statement of result of election -- Certificate of election.
- 87.03.115 - Organization of board -- Meetings -- Quorum -- Certain powers and duties.
- 87.03.120 - System of drainage, sanitary sewers, or sewage disposal or treatment plants -- Question -- Notice -- Meeting -- Resolution.
- 87.03.125 - System of drainage, sanitary sewers, or sewage disposal or treatment plants -- Powers upon passage of resolution.
- 87.03.130 - District change of name.
- 87.03.135 - Sale or lease of district personal property.
- 87.03.136 - Sale or lease of district real property.
- 87.03.137 - Purchase or condemnation for developing hydroelectric generation capabilities -- Limitations.
- 87.03.138 - Civil immunity of directors, officers, employees, or agents for good faith performance of official duties.
- 87.03.139 - Lawful disposal of sewage and waste by others -- Immunity.
- 87.03.140 - Board's powers and duties generally -- Condemnation procedure.
- 87.03.145 - Condemnation -- Finding of benefits and damages -- Judgment -- Costs.
- 87.03.150 - Condemnation -- Title acquired by district.
- 87.03.155 - Conveyances -- Actions by and against district.
- 87.03.158 - Officers, employees, agents -- Legal representation -- Costs of defense.
- 87.03.160 - Group insurance -- Purchase.
- 87.03.162 - Liability insurance for officials and employees.
- 87.03.164 - Liability insurance for officers and employees authorized.
- 87.03.165 - Proposed works -- Surveys, maps and plans to be prepared.
- 87.03.170 - Proposed works -- Certification filed with director of ecology.
- 87.03.175 - Proposed works -- Director's findings to district board.
- 87.03.180 - Proposed works -- Substance of director's findings.
- 87.03.185 - Proposed works -- Reclamation Service may make findings.
- 87.03.190 - Proposed works -- Plan of development -- Special election.
- 87.03.195 - Proposed works -- Certain irrigation districts excepted.
- 87.03.200 - Bonds -- Election for -- Form and contents -- Exchange -- Cancellation -- Sale and issue -- Reissue -- Election concerning contract with United States -- Penalty.
- 87.03.205 - Sections exclusive of other bonding methods -- Validation.
- 87.03.210 - Sale or pledge of bonds.
- 87.03.215 - Payment of bonds and interest, other indebtedness -- Lien, enforcement of -- Scope of section.
- 87.03.220 - Refunding bonds, 1923 act.
- 87.03.225 - Refunding bonds, 1929 act.
- 87.03.230 - Revenue bonds for water, power, drains, sewers, sewage disposal, etc.
- 87.03.235 - Rights of federal agencies as to certain district bonds.
- 87.03.240 - Assessments, how and when made -- Assessment roll.
- 87.03.242 - Exemption of farm and agricultural land from special benefit assessments.
- 87.03.245 - Deputy secretaries for assessment.
- 87.03.250 - Assessment roll to be filed -- Notice of equalization.
- 87.03.255 - Equalization of assessments.
- 87.03.260 - Levies, amount -- Special funds -- Failure to make levy, procedure.
- 87.03.265 - Lien of assessment.
- 87.03.270 - Assessments, when delinquent -- Assessment book, purpose -- Statement of assessments due -- Collection -- Additional fee for delinquency.
- 87.03.271 - Lien for delinquent assessment to include costs and interest.
- 87.03.272 - Secretary may act as collection agent of nondelinquent assessments -- Official bond -- Collection procedure -- Delinquency list.
- 87.03.275 - Medium of payment of assessments.
- 87.03.277 - Payment by credit cards, charge cards, and other electronic communication.
- 87.03.280 - Cancellation of assessments due United States -- Procedure.
- 87.03.285 - Segregation of assessment -- Authorization.
- 87.03.290 - Segregation of assessment -- Hearing.
- 87.03.295 - Segregation of assessment -- Notice of hearing.
- 87.03.300 - Segregation of assessment -- Order.
- 87.03.305 - Segregation of assessment -- Amendment of roll -- Effect.
- 87.03.420 - Evidence of assessment, what is.
- 87.03.430 - Bonds -- Interest payments.
- 87.03.435 - Construction work -- Notice -- Bids -- Contracts -- Bonds.
- 87.03.436 - Small works roster.
- 87.03.437 - Competitive bids -- Use of purchase contract process in RCW 39.04.190.
- 87.03.438 - "County treasurer," "treasurer of the county," defined.
- 87.03.440 - Treasurer -- County treasurer as ex officio district treasurer -- Designated district treasurer -- Duties and powers -- Bond -- Claims -- Preliminary notice requirements when claim for cro
- 87.03.441 - Temporary funds.
- 87.03.442 - Bonds of secretary and depositaries.
- 87.03.443 - Upgrading and improvement fund authorized -- Deposits -- Use of funds.
- 87.03.445 - Acquisition, construction and operating funds -- Tolls and assessments, alternative methods of -- Liens, foreclosure of -- Delinquencies by tenants.
- 87.03.450 - Income from sale of electricity.
- 87.03.455 - District's right to cross other property.
- 87.03.460 - Compensation and expenses of directors, officers, employees.
- 87.03.470 - Special assessments -- Election -- Notes.
- 87.03.475 - Power as to incurring indebtedness.
- 87.03.480 - Local improvement districts -- Petition -- Bond.
- 87.03.485 - Local improvement districts -- Notice -- Hearing -- Initiation by board, procedure.
- 87.03.486 - Local improvement districts -- Notice to contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.
- 87.03.487 - Local improvement districts -- Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities -- Notice to certain property owners.
- 87.03.490 - Local improvement districts -- Adoption of plan -- Bonds -- Form and contents -- Facsimile signatures, when, procedure -- New lands may be included -- Penalty.
- 87.03.495 - Local improvement districts -- Assessments, how made and collected -- Disposal of bonds.
- 87.03.500 - Local improvement districts -- Payment of bonds.
- 87.03.505 - Local improvement districts -- L.I.D. unable to pay costs -- Survey -- Reassessments.
- 87.03.510 - Local improvement districts -- Irrigation district L.I.D. guarantee fund.
- 87.03.515 - Local improvement districts -- Refunding bonds.
- 87.03.520 - Local improvement districts -- Contracts with state or United States for local improvement work.
- 87.03.522 - Irrigation district authorized to finance local improvements with general district funds.
- 87.03.525 - Local improvement districts -- Provisions applicable to districts formerly organized.
- 87.03.526 - Local improvement districts -- Safeguarding open canals or ditches -- Assessments and benefits.
- 87.03.527 - Local improvement districts -- Alternative methods of formation.
- 87.03.530 - Consolidation of irrigation districts -- Authorization -- Merger of smaller irrigation districts.
- 87.03.535 - Consolidation of irrigation districts -- Proceedings for consolidation -- Elections.
- 87.03.540 - Consolidation of irrigation districts -- Directors -- Disposition of affairs of included districts.
- 87.03.545 - Consolidation of irrigation districts -- Obligations of included districts unaffected.
- 87.03.550 - Consolidation of irrigation districts -- Property vested in new district -- Credit.
- 87.03.551 - Consolidation of irrigation districts -- Procedures supplemental to boundary change provisions.
- 87.03.553 - Consolidated local improvement districts for bond issuance.
- 87.03.555 - Change of boundaries authorized -- Effect.
- 87.03.560 - Adding lands to district -- Petition, contents -- Acknowledgment.
- 87.03.565 - Adding lands to district -- Notice -- Contents -- Service.
- 87.03.570 - Adding lands to district -- Hearing -- Assent.
- 87.03.575 - Adding lands to district -- Payment for benefits received required.
- 87.03.580 - Adding lands to district -- Order.
- 87.03.585 - Adding lands to district -- Resolution.
- 87.03.590 - Adding lands to district -- Election -- Notice -- How conducted.
- 87.03.595 - Adding lands to district -- Order changing boundaries -- Record.
- 87.03.600 - Adding lands to district -- Change of boundaries recorded -- Effect.
- 87.03.605 - Adding lands to district -- Petition to be recorded -- Admissible as evidence.
- 87.03.610 - Adding lands to district -- Guardian, administrator or executor may act.
- 87.03.615 - Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres -- Petition.
- 87.03.620 - Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres -- Time and place of hearing -- Notice.
- 87.03.625 - Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres -- Contents of notice.
- 87.03.630 - Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres -- Hearing -- Order including lands.
- 87.03.635 - Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres -- Denial of petition.
- 87.03.640 - Adding lands to districts of two hundred thousand acres -- Order filed -- Effect.
- 87.03.645 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Effect.
- 87.03.650 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Petition to exclude lands -- Contents.
- 87.03.655 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Notice -- Contents -- Service.
- 87.03.660 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Hearing -- Assent.
- 87.03.665 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Order denying or granting petition.
- 87.03.670 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Assent of bondholders.
- 87.03.675 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Order for election -- Notice -- Conduct of election.
- 87.03.680 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Procedure following election -- Order of exclusion.
- 87.03.685 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Orders to be recorded -- Effect.
- 87.03.690 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Guardian, executor or administrator may sign and acknowledge.
- 87.03.695 - Exclusion of lands from district -- Refunds -- Cancellation of assessments.
- 87.03.700 - Connecting system to lower drainage district -- Procedure.
- 87.03.705 - Connecting system to lower drainage district -- Negative finding by jury or court.
- 87.03.710 - Connecting system to lower drainage district -- Affirmative finding by jury or court -- Assessments.
- 87.03.715 - Connecting system to lower drainage district -- Increased maintenance costs.
- 87.03.720 - Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, consolidated drainage improvement, or water-sewer district -- Power to assent.
- 87.03.725 - Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, consolidated drainage improvement, or water-sewer district -- Notice -- Contents -- Publication -- Show cause against merger.
- 87.03.730 - Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, or consolidated drainage improvement district -- Hearing -- Failure to show cause deemed assent.
- 87.03.735 - Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, or consolidated drainage improvement district -- Assent, refusal to assent -- Effect of show cause against merger.
- 87.03.740 - Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, or consolidated drainage improvement district -- Election.
- 87.03.745 - Merger of district with drainage, joint drainage, or consolidated drainage improvement district -- Order of assent or refusal -- Filing.
- 87.03.750 - Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds -- Resolution.
- 87.03.755 - Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds -- Notice of hearing -- Contents.
- 87.03.760 - Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds -- Adoption of resolution -- Appellate review.
- 87.03.765 - Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds -- Indebtedness may be reduced.
- 87.03.770 - Exclusion of nonirrigable land when state holds all outstanding bonds -- Reconveyance of excluded land formerly foreclosed to district.
- 87.03.775 - Map of district.
- 87.03.780 - Proceedings for judicial confirmation -- Authorization.
- 87.03.785 - Proceedings for judicial confirmation -- Petition -- Contents.
- 87.03.790 - Proceedings for judicial confirmation -- Notice of hearing.
- 87.03.795 - Proceedings for judicial confirmation -- Demurrer or answer -- Procedure.
- 87.03.800 - Proceedings for judicial confirmation -- Jurisdiction of court -- Order -- Costs.
- 87.03.805 - Proceedings for judicial confirmation -- Appeal.
- 87.03.810 - Lump sum payment to district for irrigable lands acquired for highway purposes.
- 87.03.815 - Lump sum payment to district for irrigable lands acquired for highway purposes -- Order relieving further district assessments.
- 87.03.820 - Disposal of real property -- Right of adjacent owners.
- 87.03.825 - Hydroelectric resources -- Development -- Legislative findings.
- 87.03.828 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts -- Powers.
- 87.03.831 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Procedures for membership and for construction and acquisition of facilities.
- 87.03.834 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Voter ratification of actions.
- 87.03.837 - Hydroelectric resources -- Separate legal authority -- Repayment of indebtedness -- Powers.
- 87.03.840 - Chapter supplementary -- When.
- 87.03.845 - Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district -- Proceedings to initiate -- Notice -- Hearing.
- 87.03.847 - Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district -- Denial or adoption of request for merger--Notice--Elections -- Notification of merger.
- 87.03.849 - Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district -- Board of directors -- Transfer of property and assets.
- 87.03.851 - Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district -- Bonds or obligations not impaired -- Enforcement of assessments and obligations -- Establishment of local improvement
- 87.03.853 - Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district -- Statement of property and assets of minor district.
- 87.03.855 - Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district -- Merger of more than two districts.
- 87.03.857 - Merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district -- Existing water rights not impaired.
- 87.03.860 - Assumption of substandard water system -- Limited immunity from liability.
- 87.03.870 - Mutual aid agreements for emergency interdistrict assistance -- Authority -- Liability.
- 87.03.880 - Tariff for irrigation pumping service -- Authority to buy back electricity.
- 87.03.900 - Construction -- 1913 c 165.
- 87.03.905 - Severability -- 1921 c 129.
- 87.03.910 - Severability -- 1923 c 138.
- 87.03.915 - Severability -- 1935 c 128.
- 87.03.920 - Construction -- Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships -- 2009 c 521.
- 87.04 - Director divisions.
- 87.06 - Delinquent assessments.
- 87.19 - Refunding bonds -- 1923 act.
- 87.22 - Refunding bonds -- 1929 act.
- 87.25 - Certification of bonds.
- 87.28 - Revenue bonds for water, power, drains, etc.
- 87.48 - Indemnity to state on land settlement contracts.
- 87.52 - Dissolution of districts without bonds.
- 87.53 - Dissolution of districts with bonds.
- 87.56 - Dissolution of insolvent districts.
- 87.64 - Adjustment of irrigation, diking, and drainage district indebtedness.
- 87.68 - Districts under contract with United States.
- 87.76 - Association of irrigation districts.
- 87.80 - Joint control of irrigation districts.
- 87.84 - Irrigation and rehabilitation districts.
- RCW Dispositions
- Notes