Title 36 — Title 36 COUNTIES
97 chapters · 1,831 sections in this title.
RCW 36.61.010 Findings—Intent—Purpose.
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(1) The legislature finds that the environmental, recreational, and aesthetic values of many of the state's lakes are threatened by eutrophication and other deterioration and that existing governmental authorities are unable to adequately improve and maintain the quality of the s…
RCW 36.61.020 Creation of district—Special assessments or rates and charges.
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(1) Any county may create lake or beach management districts to finance: (a) The improvement and maintenance of lakes or beaches located within or partially within the boundaries of the county; and (b) the acquisition of real property or property rights within or outside a lake o…
RCW 36.61.025 Creation of district—Duration.
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To improve the ability of counties to finance long-term lake or beach management objectives, lake or beach management districts may be created for any needed period of time.[ 2008 c 301 s 4; 2000 c 184 s 4.]Notes:Effective date—2000 c 184: See note following RCW 39.96.010.
RCW 36.61.030 Creation of district—Resolution or petition—Contents.
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A lake or beach management district may be initiated upon either the adoption of a resolution of intention by a county legislative authority or the filing of a petition signed by ten landowners or the owners of at least twenty percent of the acreage contained within the proposed …
RCW 36.61.040 Creation of district—Public hearing—Notice—Contents.
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Notice of the public hearing shall be published in at least two consecutive issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed lake or beach management district, the date of the first publication to be at least fifteen days prior to the date fixed for the public hearing…
RCW 36.61.050 Creation of district—Public hearing—Amendments to original plan.
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The county legislative authority shall hold a public hearing on the proposed lake or beach management district at the date, time, and place designated in the resolution of intention.At this hearing the county legislative authority shall hear objections from any person affected by…
RCW 36.61.060 Creation of district—Public hearing—Legislative authority may delegate responsibility.
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A county legislative authority may adopt an ordinance providing for a committee of itself, or an officer, to hold public hearings on the proposed formation of a lake or beach management district and hear objections to the proposed formation as provided in RCW 36.61.050. The commi…
RCW 36.61.070 Creation of district—Submittal of question to landowners.
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(1) After the public hearing, the county legislative authority may adopt a resolution submitting the question of creating the lake or beach management district to the owners of land within the proposed lake or beach management district, including publicly owned land, if the count…
RCW 36.61.080 Creation of district—Submittal of question to landowners—Mail ballot.
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(1) A ballot shall be mailed to each owner or reputed owner of any lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property within the proposed lake management district, including publicly owned land, which ballot shall contain the following proposition:"Shall lake management district No. .…
RCW 36.61.090 Creation of district—Submittal of question to landowners—Balloting—Conditions.
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The balloting shall be subject to the following conditions, which shall be included in the instructions mailed with each ballot, as provided in RCW 36.61.080: (1) All ballots must be signed by the owner or reputed owner of property according to the assessor's tax rolls; (2) each …
RCW 36.61.100 Creation of district—Submittal of question to landowners—Majority vote required—Adoption of ordinance.
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If the proposal receives a simple majority vote in favor of creating the lake or beach management district, the county legislative authority shall adopt an ordinance creating the lake or beach management district and may proceed with establishing the special assessments or rates …
RCW 36.61.110 Creation of district—Limitations on appeals.
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No lawsuit may be maintained challenging the jurisdiction or authority of the county legislative authority to proceed with the lake or beach improvement and maintenance activities and creating the lake or beach management district or in any way challenging the validity of the act…
RCW 36.61.115 Limitation on special assessments, rates, and charges.
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A special assessment, or rate and charge, on any lot, tract, parcel of land, or other property shall not be increased beyond one hundred ten percent of the estimated special assessment, or rate and charge, proposed to be imposed as provided in the resolution adopted in RCW 36.61.…
RCW 36.61.120 Special assessment roll—Adoption—Public hearing.
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After a lake or beach management district is created, the county shall prepare a proposed special assessment roll. A separate special assessment roll shall be prepared for annual special assessments if both annual special assessments and special assessments paid at one time are i…
RCW 36.61.130 Special assessment roll—Public hearing—Legislative authority may delegate responsibility—Appeals.
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A county legislative authority may adopt an ordinance providing for a committee of itself, or an officer, to hear objections to the special assessment roll, act as a board of equalization, and make recommendations to the full county legislative authority, which need not hold a pu…
RCW 36.61.140 Special assessment roll—Public hearing—Notice—Contents.
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Notice of the original public hearing on the proposed special assessment roll, and any public hearing held as a result of raising special assessments or including omitted property, shall be published and mailed to the owner or reputed owner of the property as provided in RCW 36.6…
RCW 36.61.150 Special assessment roll—Appeal to superior and appellate courts—Procedure.
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The decision of a county legislative authority upon any objection to the special assessment roll may be appealed to the superior court only if the objection had been timely made in the manner prescribed in this chapter. The appeal shall be made within ten days after publication o…
RCW 36.61.160 Special assessments—Calculation.
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Whenever special assessments are imposed, all property included within a lake or beach management district shall be considered to be the property specially benefited by the lake or beach improvement or maintenance activities and shall be the property upon which special assessment…
RCW 36.61.170 Special assessments—Limitations.
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(1) The total annual special assessments may not exceed the estimated cost of the lake or beach improvement or maintenance activities proposed to be financed by such special assessments, as specified in the resolution of intention. The total of special assessments imposed in a la…
RCW 36.61.180 Special assessments—Modification.
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Whenever annual special assessments are being imposed, the county legislative authority may modify the level of annual special assessments imposed by conforming with the procedures and subject to the limitations included in RCW 36.61.120 through 36.61.170.[ 1985 c 398 s 18.]
RCW 36.61.190 Special assessments—Collection—Notice.
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Special assessments and installments on any special assessment shall be collected by the county treasurer.The county treasurer shall publish a notice indicating that the special assessment roll has been confirmed and that the special assessments are to be collected. The notice sh…
RCW 36.61.200 Special assessments—Payment period—Interest and penalty.
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If the special assessments are to be payable at one time, all or any portion of any special assessment may be paid without interest, penalty, or costs during this thirty-day period and placed into a special fund to defray the costs of the lake or beach improvement or maintenance …
RCW 36.61.210 Special assessments—Subdivision of land—Segregation of assessment.
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Whenever any land against which there has been levied any special assessment or annual special assessments by any county has been sold in part, subdivided, or short subdivided, the county legislative authority may order a segregation of the special assessment or annual special as…
RCW 36.61.220 Special assessments—Filing with county treasurer.
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Within thirty days after a county creates a lake or beach management district, the county shall cause to be filed with the county treasurer , a description of the lake or beach improvement and maintenance activities proposed that the lake or beach management district finances, th…
RCW 36.61.230 Special assessments—Lien created.
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The special assessment or annual special assessments imposed upon the respective lots, tracts, parcels of land, and other property in the special assessment roll or annual special assessment roll confirmed by resolution of the county legislative authority for the purpose of payin…
RCW 36.61.240 Special assessments—Lien—Validity—Foreclosure.
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Special assessments shall be valid and enforceable as such and the lien thereof on the property assessed shall be valid if the county legislative authority in making the special assessments acted in good faith and without fraud. Delinquent special assessments or installments shal…
RCW 36.61.250 Special assessments—Legislative authority may stop—Exceptions.
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Except when lake or beach management district bonds are outstanding or when an existing contract might otherwise be impaired, the county legislative authority may stop the imposition of annual special assessments if, in its opinion, the public interest will be served by such acti…
RCW 36.61.260 Bonds.
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(1) Counties may issue lake or beach management district revenue bonds in accordance with this section. Lake or beach management district bonds may be issued to obtain money sufficient to cover that portion of the special assessments that are not paid within the thirty-day period…
RCW 36.61.270 Imposition of rates and charges.
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Whenever rates and charges are to be imposed in a lake or beach management district, the county legislative authority shall prepare a roll of rates and charges that includes those matters required to be included in a special assessment roll and shall hold a public hearing on the …
RCW 36.61.280 Beach management districts—Purpose—Plan.
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(1) Beach management districts may be created for the purpose of controlling and removing aquatic plants or vegetation. These districts must develop a plan for these activities, in consultation with appropriate federal, state, and local agencies. The plan must include an element …
RCW 36.61.290 Acquisition of real property or property rights—Limitations and requirements.
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A proposal to acquire real property or property rights within or outside of a lake or beach management district in accordance with RCW 36.61.020 is subject to the following limitations and requirements: (1) The real property or property rights proposed for acquisition must be in …
RCW 36.61.300 Acquisition of real property or property rights—County authority.
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(1) In connection with the acquisition of real property or property rights within or outside a lake or beach management district, a county may: (a) Own real property and property rights, including without limitation conservation easements; (b) transfer real property and property …
RCW 36.61.310 Dissolution—Procedure and conditions.
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(1) Except when lake or beach management district bonds are outstanding or when an existing contract might otherwise be impaired, a lake or beach management district may be dissolved either by: The county legislative authority upon a finding that the purposes of the district have…