Title 87, Title 87 IRRIGATION
16 chapters · 399 sections in this title.
RCW 87.04.010 Divisions of certain districts required—Number—Directors—Who are electors.
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An irrigation district comprising two hundred thousand or more acres, or irrigation districts comprising less than two hundred thousand acres which have followed the optional procedure specified in *this amendatory act, shall be divided into divisions of as nearly equal area as p…
RCW 87.04.020 Director vacancies, how filled.
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Vacancies in the representation of director divisions on the board of directors of the irrigation district shall be filled by appointment of an elector of the division concerned, in the same manner and for the same time as provided by law for the filling of vacancies on the board…
RCW 87.04.030 New district to be divided by county commissioners—Objections, denial, election.
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When a new irrigation district comprising more than two hundred thousand acres has been authorized, pursuant to law, the board of county commissioners shall, within thirty days from the canvassing of the returns, divide the district into director divisions equal to the number of …
RCW 87.04.040 Petition to divide or redivide.
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Proceedings to divide or redivide a district comprising less than two hundred thousand acres into director divisions, or to redivide the director divisions heretofore established for districts comprising more than two hundred thousand acres, may be initiated by a petition filed w…
RCW 87.04.050 Redivision when number of directors changed or new lands included.
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If the number of directors is changed for a district which is divided into director divisions or new lands outside of existing director divisions are included into a district but cannot be added to director divisions as provided in RCW 87.04.055 due to geographic limitations, a p…
RCW 87.04.055 Procedure for adding land to director divisions when new land included in district.
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When land located outside existing director divisions is included in an irrigation district such land shall thereby be added to the nearest director division, except that where added lands are adjacent to two or more director divisions, the common boundary lines between the divis…
RCW 87.04.058 Application of RCW 87.04.030 through 87.04.055 following merger of minor irrigation district into major irrigation district.
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RCW 87.04.030 through 87.04.055 do not apply to redividing a district immediately following a merger as provided in RCW 87.03.849.[ 1993 c 235 s 9.]
RCW 87.04.060 Time for hearing on petition—Notice, contents.
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Upon the filing of the petition the board of county commissioners shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon, which shall be not less than thirty days nor more than forty-five days from the date of filing, and shall cause notice thereof, stating the time, place, and general p…
RCW 87.04.070 Hearing—Order of denial or rejection—Election to divide or redivide.
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At the hearing or adjournments thereof, which shall not be for more than sixty days in all, the board of county commissioners shall consider the petition and shall hear electors of the district for or against the division or redivision of director divisions and recommendations fo…
RCW 87.04.080 Election of directors—Terms.
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At the next general election of directors of a district which has been divided into director divisions, the electors of the first division shall select the director then to be elected on the board, and if more than one director is to be selected, the second division shall select …
RCW 87.04.090 Levy limitation until water received when federal works or contracts involved—Exception.
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Lands in a district so divided into director divisions, which are to receive water from a system of works to be constructed by the federal government or under a contract between the district and the federal government shall not be assessed more than five cents an acre in any one …
RCW 87.04.100 Certain excess lands under federal contracts, assessment limitation—Exception.
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Lands in such a district, which are designated as excess lands under the act of congress of May 27, 1937, and which have been subscribed by the owner thereof to the excess land contract, shall not be assessed more than above specified until after the date fixed in the contract fo…
RCW 87.04.900 Chapter supplemental to other laws—General repealer.
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This chapter is intended, and shall be construed, to be supplemental to and shall become a part of the law relating to irrigation districts, and any act or part of the same inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act or any part thereof are hereby repealed.[ 1961 …