Title 90, Title 90 WATER RIGHTS—ENVIRONMENT
31 chapters · 660 sections in this title.
RCW 90.38.005 Findings—Purpose.
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(1) The legislature finds that:(a) Under present physical conditions in the Yakima river basin there is an insufficient supply of ground and surface water to satisfy the present needs of the basin, and that the general health, welfare, and safety of the people of the Yakima river…
RCW 90.38.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Department" means the department of ecology.(2) "Integrated plan" means the Yakima river basin integrated water resource management plan developed through a consensus-…
RCW 90.38.020 Acquisition or donation of trust water rights.
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(1)(a) The department may acquire water rights, including but not limited to storage rights, by purchase, lease, gift, or other appropriate means other than by condemnation, from any person or entity or combination of persons or entities. Once acquired, such rights are trust wate…
RCW 90.38.030 Water conservation projects—Contracts for financial assistance.
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(1) For the purposes of this chapter, the department is authorized to enter into contracts with water users for the purpose of providing moneys to users to assist in the financing of water conservation projects. In exchange for the financial assistance provided for the purposes o…
RCW 90.38.040 Trust water rights program.
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(1) All trust water rights acquired by the department shall be placed in the Yakima river basin trust water rights program to be managed by the department. The department shall issue a water right certificate in the name of the state of Washington for each trust water right it ac…
RCW 90.38.050 Rules.
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The department may adopt rules as appropriate to ensure full implementation of this chapter.[ 1989 c 429 s 6.]
RCW 90.38.060 Integrated water resource management plan.
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The department is authorized to implement the integrated water resource management plan in the Yakima river basin, through a coordinated effort of affected federal, state, and local agencies and resources, to develop water supply solutions that provide concurrent benefits to both…
RCW 90.38.070 Yakima integrated plan implementation account.
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(1) The Yakima integrated plan implementation account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from direct appropriations from the legislature, moneys directed to the account pursuant to this chapter, or moneys directed to the account from any other sources must be deposite…
RCW 90.38.080 Yakima integrated plan implementation taxable bond account.
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(1) The Yakima integrated plan implementation taxable bond account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from direct appropriations from the legislature, moneys directed to the account pursuant to this chapter, or moneys directed to the account from any other sources mus…
RCW 90.38.090 Yakima integrated plan implementation revenue recovery account.
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(1) The Yakima integrated plan implementation revenue recovery account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from direct appropriations from the legislature, moneys directed to the account pursuant to this chapter, or moneys directed to the account from any other sources…
RCW 90.38.100 Report to the legislature and governor.
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(1) By December 1, 2015, and by December 1st of every odd-numbered year thereafter, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the department, in consultation with the United States bureau of reclamation, the Yakama Nation, Yakima river basin local governments, and key basin stakehold…
RCW 90.38.110 Construction of a water supply project—Prior review by the state of Washington water research center.
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(1) Prior to the appropriation of funding for the construction of a water supply project proposed in the integrated plan with a cost of greater than $100,000,000, the state of Washington water research center shall review, evaluate, and prepare comments on the cost-benefit analys…
RCW 90.38.120 Legislative intent—Cost to implement the integrated plan.
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(1)(a) It is the intent of the legislature for the state to pay its fair share of the cost to implement the integrated plan. At least one-half of the total costs to finance the implementation of the integrated plan must be funded through federal, private, and other nonstate sourc…
RCW 90.38.130 Authorization to purchase land—Management and disposal of land.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department of natural resources is authorized to purchase land to be held in the community forest trust under RCW 79.155.040 to serve the purposes of the community forest trust including the pr…
RCW 90.38.900 Existing policies not replaced.
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The policies and purposes of this chapter shall not be construed as replacing or amending the policies or the purposes for which funds available under chapter 43.83B RCW, RCW 43.83.340 or chapter 90.90 RCW may be used within or without the Yakima river basin.[ 2015 1st sp.s. c 4 …
RCW 90.38.901 Transfer of rights between irrigation districts not intended.
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It is not the intent of this chapter to facilitate the transfer of water rights from one irrigation district to another.[ 1989 c 429 s 8.]
RCW 90.38.902 Existing rights not impaired.
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(1) Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the impairment of, or operate to impair, any existing water rights.(2) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to limit, impair, waive, abrogate, or diminish:(a) Any treaty or other rights of the Yakama Nation;(b) Any powers, rights, o…