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Chapter 85.06 RCW

DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE PROVISIONS

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PART I—DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
HTMLPDF 85.06.010Districts authorized—Powers—Management.
HTMLPDF 85.06.015Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW.
HTMLPDF 85.06.070Eminent domain powers—Purchase of real property authorized.
HTMLPDF 85.06.080Commissioners—Powers and duties.
HTMLPDF 85.06.090Petition for improvement—Contents.
HTMLPDF 85.06.100Petition for improvement—Employment of assistants—Compensation as costs in suit.
HTMLPDF 85.06.110Summons—Contents—Service.
HTMLPDF 85.06.120Appearance of defendants—Jury—Verdict—Assessment of damages and benefits—Decree.
HTMLPDF 85.06.125Special assessments—Budgets—Alternative methods.
HTMLPDF 85.06.130Assessment of benefited lands formerly omitted—Procedure—Appeals.
HTMLPDF 85.06.140Dismissal of proceedings, when—Costs.
HTMLPDF 85.06.150Procedure to claim awards.
HTMLPDF 85.06.160Transcript of benefits to auditor—Assessments—Collection—Supplemental assessment.
HTMLPDF 85.06.180Construction—Contractors—Performance bonds.
HTMLPDF 85.06.190Substantial changes in plans—Procedure.
HTMLPDF 85.06.200Payments on contracts—Retained percentage.
HTMLPDF 85.06.210Connecting private drains—Procedure—Costs.
HTMLPDF 85.06.220Connecting with lower districts—Procedure.
HTMLPDF 85.06.230City or town may act as or be included in drainage district.
HTMLPDF 85.06.240Estimate for maintenance and repair—Emergency expenditures.
HTMLPDF 85.06.250Organization of board—Warrants, how issued.
HTMLPDF 85.06.255Special assessment bonds.
HTMLPDF 85.06.330Warrants presented for indorsement—When and how paid.
HTMLPDF 85.06.340Trial—Findings and forms of verdict.
HTMLPDF 85.06.350Public lands subject to assessment—Rights and liabilities of public corporations.
HTMLPDF 85.06.360Assessments on public lands—How paid.
HTMLPDF 85.06.370Fees for service of process.
HTMLPDF 85.06.380Commissioners—Compensation and expenses.
HTMLPDF 85.06.390Improvement of watercourses—Preservation of vested rights.
HTMLPDF 85.06.400Powers of court—Injunctions.
PART II—MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE PROVISIONS
HTMLPDF 85.06.500Extension or enlargement of system.
HTMLPDF 85.06.545Annexation of territory—Consolidation of special districts—Suspension of operations—Reactivation.
HTMLPDF 85.06.550Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped.
HTMLPDF 85.06.560Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice to present claims—Registration.
HTMLPDF 85.06.570Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Petition to court for assessment—Contents.
HTMLPDF 85.06.580Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing to be fixed—Order for publication of notice.
HTMLPDF 85.06.590Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice—Contents, publication, etc.
HTMLPDF 85.06.600Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing—Order for levy—Costs.
HTMLPDF 85.06.610Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Certification of order to tax levying officers.
HTMLPDF 85.06.620Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Dismissal of petition.
HTMLPDF 85.06.630Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Appellate review.
HTMLPDF 85.06.640Additional improvements—Authorized—Change in plans.
HTMLPDF 85.06.650Additional improvements—Methods of payment.
HTMLPDF 85.06.660Additional improvements—Resolution—Notice and hearing—Protests—Appellate review, conclusiveness of order of board.
HTMLPDF 85.06.670Additional improvements—Acquisition, sale of property—Contracts to share expense.
HTMLPDF 85.06.680Additional improvements—Private property not to be taken without compensation.
HTMLPDF 85.06.690Additional improvements—Right of eminent domain.
HTMLPDF 85.06.700Additional improvements—Powers are additional—"Drainage district" defined.
HTMLPDF 85.06.710Costs in excess of estimate—Authorized—Warrants validated.
HTMLPDF 85.06.720Costs in excess of estimate—Petition to reopen original proceedings—Damages and benefits.
HTMLPDF 85.06.730Costs in excess of estimate—Summons on petition—Contents—Service—Answer.
HTMLPDF 85.06.740Costs in excess of estimate—Hearing by jury—Verdict.
HTMLPDF 85.06.750Costs in excess of estimate—Judgment—Appellate review.

Notes:

Reviser's note: Part I of this chapter consists of chapter 115, Laws of 1895 as it has been amended and added to; thus the term "this act" has been translated to read "this chapter" throughout Part I. In Part II a number of miscellaneous acts relating to drainage districts have been codified; throughout Part II interval translations of the term "this act" have been made where they occur.
Special district creation and operation: Chapter 85.38 RCW.