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Chapter 85.38
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RCW Dispositions
Chapter
85.38
RCW
SPECIAL DISTRICT CREATION AND OPERATION
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85.38.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
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85.38.005
Purpose.
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85.38.010
Definitions.
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85.38.020
Establishment of special districts
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Petition or resolution
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Contents.
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85.38.030
Investigation of proposed boundaries and districts
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Report.
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85.38.040
Proposed special districts
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Public hearing
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Notice.
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85.38.050
Public hearing
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Elections.
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85.38.060
Elections
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Notice
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Costs.
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85.38.070
Governing board
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Terms of office
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Election
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Appointment
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Vacancies
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Qualifications.
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85.38.075
Governing body
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Compensation and expenses.
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85.38.080
Governing body
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Bond.
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85.38.090
Governing body
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Reduction in size.
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85.38.100
General elections.
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85.38.105
Voting rights.
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85.38.110
Presumed eligible voters' list
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Notice of requirements of voting authority
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Copy of voter's list to county auditor.
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85.38.115
Elections
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When not required.
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85.38.120
Elections
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Auditor's assistance
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Notice
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Auditor's costs.
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85.38.125
Elections
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Auditor to conduct.
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85.38.127
Elections
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Special flood control districts
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Qualified voters.
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85.38.130
Election officials
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Duties
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Voting hours
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Challenged ballots
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Absentee ballots.
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85.38.140
Special district financing
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Alternative method.
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85.38.145
Rates and charges.
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85.38.150
Special assessments
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Valuation
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Assessment zones
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Criteria for assessments.
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85.38.160
Systems of assessment
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Hearing
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Notice
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Adoption of ordinance
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Appeals
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Review
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Emergency assessment.
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85.38.165
Applicable assessed value.
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85.38.170
Budgets
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Special assessments
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Notice
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Delinquent special assessments
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Collection fee.
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85.38.180
Special districts
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Powers.
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85.38.190
Construction of improvements
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When public bidding not required
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Use of district employees or volunteers.
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85.38.200
Annexation of contiguous territory
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Procedures.
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85.38.210
Consolidation of contiguous districts
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Procedures.
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85.38.213
Withdrawal of area within city or town.
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85.38.215
Transfer of territory from one special district to another.
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85.38.217
Drainage and drainage improvement districts
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Removal of area by first-class city
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Notice.
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85.38.220
Suspension of operations
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Procedure
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Reactivation.
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85.38.225
Alternative dissolution procedure
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Drainage and drainage improvement districts
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Conditions.
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85.38.230
Special assessment bonds authorized.
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85.38.240
Special assessment bonds
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Issuance
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Terms.
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85.38.250
Special assessment bonds
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Guaranty fund.
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85.38.260
Special assessment bonds
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Refunding.
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85.38.270
Special assessment bonds issued prior to July 1, 1986.
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85.38.280
Cooperative watershed management.
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85.38.290
Flood control districts
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Three or more counties
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Governing body.
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85.38.901
Construction
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Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships
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2009 c 521.
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