Title 86, Title 86 FLOOD CONTROL
9 chapters · 230 sections in this title.
RCW 86.13.010 Boundary line rivers—Contract to control.
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Wherever and whenever a river is or shall be the boundary line or part of the boundary line between two counties, or it, or its tributaries or outlet or part thereof, flows through parts of two counties, and the waters thereof have in the past been the cause of damage, by inundat…
RCW 86.13.020 Expenditure of funds—Joint action generally.
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When such a contract shall have been entered into the prosecution of the work of improvement and the expenditure of funds thereof shall be determined upon, controlled and provided for by joint action of the boards of county commissioners of the two counties. So acting jointly, th…
RCW 86.13.030 Tax levy in each county—Intercounty river improvement fund.
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When such a contract shall have been entered into it shall be the duty of each of the boards of county commissioners to make for their respective counties, each year, a tax levy at a rate sufficient to meet the requirements of the contract to be performed by the county, or suffic…
RCW 86.13.040 Eminent domain—Procedure—Acquisition by purchase authorized.
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When such a contract shall have been entered into the power of eminent domain is hereby vested in each of such counties, to acquire any lands necessary to straighten, widen, deepen, dike or otherwise improve any such river, its tributaries or outlet or to strengthen the banks the…
RCW 86.13.050 Joint county meeting—Procedure.
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When such a contract shall have been entered into and occasion shall arise for the joint action of the two boards of county commissioners whether such joint action is provided for in this chapter or otherwise desired upon any matter having relation to such contract or the prosecu…
RCW 86.13.060 Special commissioner—Powers and duties—Compensation.
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When such a contract shall have been entered into there shall be designated at the first legal joint meeting, or adjournment thereof, held in each calendar year a special commissioner to serve as such until the first joint meeting held in the ensuing year. If such designation sha…
RCW 86.13.070 Chapter not exclusive.
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Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to prevent any county which may be a party to such contract from further caring for any such river or the banks thereof, as authorized so to do by existing laws or by such laws as may be hereafter enacted, provided the rights o…
RCW 86.13.080 Liability as between counties.
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No legal claim of any kind or character whatsoever in favor of one county and against the other shall be based upon or created by the enactment hereof, except such as may arise when the contract herein provided for shall have been entered into. After such contract shall have been…
RCW 86.13.090 Issuance of warrants.
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When such a contract shall have been entered into, it shall be lawful to issue warrants upon said fund though there be at the time of such issuance no money in the fund, but in such cases the aggregate of such warrants so issued in any year shall not exceed one-half the amount of…
RCW 86.13.100 Lease or disposal of property—Disposition of proceeds.
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Whenever two counties of this state, acting under a contract made pursuant to RCW 86.13.010 through 86.13.090, shall make an improvement in connection with the course, channel, or flow of a river, shall acquire property by statute, purchase, gift, or otherwise, said counties, act…
RCW 86.13.110 State's title to abandoned channels granted to counties.
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Whenever two counties of this state, acting under a contract made pursuant to RCW 86.13.010 through 86.13.090, shall make an improvement in connection with the course, channel or flow of a river, thereby causing it to abandon its existing channel, bed, bank or banks for the entir…
RCW 86.13.120 Liability of county or counties to others.
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See RCW 86.12.037.