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Chapter 89.08 RCW

CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

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HTMLPDF 89.08.005Short title.
HTMLPDF 89.08.010Preamble.
HTMLPDF 89.08.020Definitions.
HTMLPDF 89.08.030Conservation commission.
HTMLPDF 89.08.040Members—Compensation and travel expenses—Records, rules, hearings, etc.
HTMLPDF 89.08.050Employees—Delegation—Quorum.
HTMLPDF 89.08.060Assistance of other state agencies and institutions.
HTMLPDF 89.08.070General duties of commission.
HTMLPDF 89.08.080Petition to form district—Contents.
HTMLPDF 89.08.090Notice of hearing—Hearing.
HTMLPDF 89.08.100Findings—Order.
HTMLPDF 89.08.110Election—How conducted.
HTMLPDF 89.08.120Ballots.
HTMLPDF 89.08.130Notice of election.
HTMLPDF 89.08.140Expense of hearing and election.
HTMLPDF 89.08.150Procedure after canvass.
HTMLPDF 89.08.160Appointment of supervisors—Application to secretary of state.
HTMLPDF 89.08.170Secretary of state's certificate—Change of name.
HTMLPDF 89.08.180Annexation of territory—Boundary change—Combining two or more districts.
HTMLPDF 89.08.185Petition to withdraw from district—Approval or rejection—Disputed petitions.
HTMLPDF 89.08.190Nomination and election of supervisors—Annual meeting of voters.
HTMLPDF 89.08.200Supervisors—Term, vacancies, removal, etc.—Compensation.
HTMLPDF 89.08.210Powers and duties of supervisors.
HTMLPDF 89.08.215Treasurer—Powers and duties—Bond.
HTMLPDF 89.08.220Corporate status and powers of district.
HTMLPDF 89.08.341Intergovernmental cooperation—Authority.
HTMLPDF 89.08.350Petition to dissolve district—Election.
HTMLPDF 89.08.360Result of election—Dissolution.
HTMLPDF 89.08.370Disposition of affairs upon dissolution.
HTMLPDF 89.08.390Water rights preserved—1939 c 187.
HTMLPDF 89.08.391Water rights preserved—1973 1st ex.s. c 184.
HTMLPDF 89.08.400Special assessments for natural resource conservation.
HTMLPDF 89.08.405Rates and charges system.
HTMLPDF 89.08.410Grants to conservation districts—Rules—Report to the legislature.
HTMLPDF 89.08.440Best management practices for fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, and water quantity property tax exemption—List—Forms—Certification of claims.
HTMLPDF 89.08.450Watershed restoration projects—Intent.
HTMLPDF 89.08.460Watershed restoration projects—Definitions.
HTMLPDF 89.08.470Watershed restoration projects—Consolidated permit application process—Fish habitat enhancement project.
HTMLPDF 89.08.480Watershed restoration projects—Designated recipients of project applications—Notice to commission.
HTMLPDF 89.08.490Watershed restoration projects—Acceptance of applications—Permit decisions.
HTMLPDF 89.08.500Watershed restoration projects—Appointment of project facilitator by permit assistance center—Coordinated process for permit decisions.
HTMLPDF 89.08.510Watershed restoration projects—General permits—Cooperative permitting agreements.
HTMLPDF 89.08.520Water quality and habitat protection grant programs—Development of outcome-focused performance measures.
HTMLPDF 89.08.530Agricultural conservation easements program.
HTMLPDF 89.08.540Agricultural conservation easements account.
HTMLPDF 89.08.550Conservation assistance revolving account.
HTMLPDF 89.08.560Farm plans—Disclosure of information.
HTMLPDF 89.08.570Crop purchase contracts for dedicated energy crops.
HTMLPDF 89.08.580Puget Sound partners.
HTMLPDF 89.08.590Administering funds—Preference to an evergreen community.
HTMLPDF 89.08.610Sustainable farms and fields grant program—Definitions.
HTMLPDF 89.08.615Sustainable farms and fields grant program—Commission to develop in consultation with the department of agriculture, Washington State University, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation services—Use of funds—Grant applications.
HTMLPDF 89.08.620Grant recipients—Prioritization.
HTMLPDF 89.08.625Methods for measuring, estimating, and verifying outcomes.
HTMLPDF 89.08.630Reports to the legislature and governor—Updates—Evaluations.
HTMLPDF 89.08.635Sustainable farms and fields account.
HTMLPDF 89.08.640Habitat for managed and native pollinators—Small grants program.
HTMLPDF 89.08.645Short-term disaster recovery financial assistance program—Farmers and ranchers—Commission may adopt rules.

Notes:

Duties of conservation commission and conservation districts for dairy waste management: Chapter 90.64 RCW.
Property tax exemption for district's personal property: RCW 84.36.240, 84.36.815.
State participation in soil conservation district—Limit: RCW 86.26.100.