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89.30 - Reclamation districts of one million acres.

• 89.30.001 - District authorized -- Area not less than one million acres -- No fees.
• 89.30.004 - Lands in one or more counties.
• 89.30.007 - General purposes of district.
• 89.30.010 - Petition -- Filing.
• 89.30.013 - Petition -- Contents.
• 89.30.016 - Public lands of state may be included.
• 89.30.019 - Interest in public lands treated as private property -- Public title unaffected, liens barred.
• 89.30.022 - Federal lands may be included.
• 89.30.025 - Possessory interest in federal lands -- Water rent, credit for prior payment.
• 89.30.028 - Petitioners to describe their lands -- Petitioners deemed owners thereof.
• 89.30.031 - Proof of ownership by tax roll.
• 89.30.034 - Petition on separate sheets -- Withdrawals.
• 89.30.037 - Correction of deficient petition.
• 89.30.040 - Conflicting petitions -- Largest territory considered first.
• 89.30.043 - Order for hearing -- Notice.
• 89.30.046 - Publication of notice.
• 89.30.049 - Contents of notice.
• 89.30.052 - Copy of notice to each member of commission.
• 89.30.055 - Commission -- Creation -- Composition.
• 89.30.058 - Commission -- Chairman -- Clerk -- Quorum.
• 89.30.061 - Commission -- Clerk not to vote unless tie.
• 89.30.064 - Commission -- General powers.
• 89.30.067 - Commission -- Adjournments.
• 89.30.070 - Commission -- Expenses.
• 89.30.073 - Hearing on petition -- Place.
• 89.30.076 - Hearing on petition -- Proof of notice.
• 89.30.079 - Hearing on petition -- Consideration of petition -- Evidence.
• 89.30.082 - Hearing on petition -- Boundaries to be fixed.
• 89.30.085 - Hearing on petition -- Name -- Election to be ordered.
• 89.30.088 - Order for election to county auditors.
• 89.30.091 - Records of commission to be preserved.
• 89.30.094 - Election -- How conducted -- Qualifications of electors.
• 89.30.097 - Election -- Notice, contents -- Ballots.
• 89.30.100 - Election -- Canvass of returns.
• 89.30.103 - Order organizing district.
• 89.30.106 - Order organizing district -- Copy to be filed with county commissioners of other counties.
• 89.30.109 - Certified statement to be filed for record.
• 89.30.112 - When creation complete -- Proceedings conclusive, exception.
• 89.30.115 - District liable for formation costs.
• 89.30.118 - Change of name procedure -- Effect.
• 89.30.121 - District is political subdivision.
• 89.30.124 - Judgments against district -- When chargeable against improvement and divisional districts.
• 89.30.127 - District a corporate body -- Powers.
• 89.30.130 - Powers -- In general.
• 89.30.133 - Powers -- Improvement and divisional districts, purposes.
• 89.30.136 - Powers -- Development, sale, use, etc., of water or electric energy.
• 89.30.139 - Powers -- Bonds payable from income.
• 89.30.142 - Powers -- Sale or lease of water -- Drains -- Land settlement.
• 89.30.145 - Powers -- Fiscal agent for United States.
• 89.30.148 - Surety bond from contractor.
• 89.30.151 - Payments under contracts -- Retained percentage.
• 89.30.154 - Contracts -- Public bidding -- Notice.
• 89.30.157 - Contracts with United States or any state for construction, etc.
• 89.30.160 - Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Assumption of control or management.
• 89.30.163 - Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Bonds as payment or security -- Levy for interest or payment.
• 89.30.166 - Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Submission of contracts to electors.
• 89.30.169 - Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Election procedure.
• 89.30.172 - Contracts with United States or state of Washington -- Liability of district for improvement and divisional district obligations.
• 89.30.175 - Drainage system -- Authorization -- Notice -- Hearing.
• 89.30.178 - Drainage system -- Powers.
• 89.30.181 - Drainage system -- Benefit to public road or city sewer system -- Assessment.
• 89.30.184 - Eminent domain -- Authorized.
• 89.30.187 - Eminent domain -- Procedure.
• 89.30.190 - Eminent domain -- Joinder, consolidation of actions -- Separate verdicts.
• 89.30.193 - Eminent domain -- Damages and benefits -- Judgment when damages exceed benefits, costs.
• 89.30.196 - Eminent domain -- Damages and benefits -- Judgment for costs when benefits equal or exceed damages.
• 89.30.199 - Eminent domain -- Levy on uncondemned lands unaffected.
• 89.30.202 - Eminent domain -- Verdict and findings binding as to levy.
• 89.30.205 - Eminent domain -- Damages applied pro tanto to satisfy levies.
• 89.30.208 - Eminent domain -- Title acquired.
• 89.30.211 - Right of entry to make surveys, etc.
• 89.30.214 - Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc. -- Duty to restore.
• 89.30.217 - Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc. -- Railroads to cooperate.
• 89.30.220 - Right to construct across streams, highways, railways, etc. -- Disagreements, how determined.
• 89.30.223 - Right-of-way on state lands.
• 89.30.226 - Board of directors -- Composition.
• 89.30.229 - Board of directors -- Term of office.
• 89.30.232 - Director districts.
• 89.30.235 - Director districts -- Geographical boundaries -- Designation.
• 89.30.238 - First board -- Appointment.
• 89.30.241 - First board -- Term.
• 89.30.244 - First directors -- Election.
• 89.30.247 - First directors -- Nominations.
• 89.30.250 - First directors -- Terms.
• 89.30.253 - Directors -- Term.
• 89.30.256 - Directors -- Vacancies.
• 89.30.259 - Directors -- Oath -- Bond.
• 89.30.262 - Secretary's oath and bond.
• 89.30.265 - Additional official bonds when fiscal agent of United States.
• 89.30.268 - Additional official bonds when fiscal agent of United States -- Suit on.
• 89.30.271 - Official bonds, cost of.
• 89.30.274 - Directors -- Organization -- President, secretary.
• 89.30.277 - District office.
• 89.30.280 - District office -- Change of location.
• 89.30.283 - Directors -- Regular meetings, change of day.
• 89.30.286 - Directors -- Special meetings -- Notice -- Business permissible.
• 89.30.289 - Directors -- Meetings and records public.
• 89.30.292 - Directors -- Quorum -- Action by majority.
• 89.30.295 - Directors -- Seal, bylaws, rules.
• 89.30.298 - Compensation of directors, officers, employees.
• 89.30.301 - Interest in contracts prohibited -- Penalty.
• 89.30.304 - Delivery of records, etc., to successor.
• 89.30.307 - Employees on termination to deliver records to board -- Penalty.
• 89.30.310 - County treasurer is ex officio district treasurer.
• 89.30.313 - Liability of county treasurers.
• 89.30.316 - County treasurers to collect assessments.
• 89.30.319 - Funds to be deposited with county treasurer.
• 89.30.322 - Claims against district.
• 89.30.325 - Disbursement of funds by county treasurer.
• 89.30.328 - Treasurer's monthly report.
• 89.30.331 - Secretary's monthly report of expenditures.
• 89.30.334 - Elections -- When general held.
• 89.30.337 - Elections -- When special held.
• 89.30.340 - Elections -- How noticed and conducted.
• 89.30.343 - Elections -- Voting precincts.
• 89.30.346 - Elections -- Polling places.
• 89.30.349 - Elections -- Polls outside district precinct.
• 89.30.352 - Elections -- List of registered voters.
• 89.30.355 - Elections -- Certification of propositions.
• 89.30.358 - Elections -- Ballots to be separate.
• 89.30.361 - Elections -- Checking names of voters against registration list.
• 89.30.364 - Elections -- Returns -- Canvassing boards.
• 89.30.367 - Elections -- Abstract of result.
• 89.30.370 - Elections -- District board to tabulate abstracts and declare result.
• 89.30.373 - Director district to be represented on board.
• 89.30.376 - Election of subsequent directors.
• 89.30.379 - Director district elections.
• 89.30.382 - Declaration of candidacy for board -- Fee.
• 89.30.385 - Ballots for director.
• 89.30.388 - District elections -- Primary law not to apply.
• 89.30.391 - Annual tax -- Authorization.
• 89.30.394 - Annual tax -- How equalized and levied.
• 89.30.397 - Annual tax -- How collected.
• 89.30.400 - Debt limit -- General.
• 89.30.403 - Exceeding debt limit -- Procedure.
• 89.30.412 - General obligation bonds -- Authorized.
• 89.30.427 - Special fund from fixed income -- Bonds payable from special fund -- Contract to purchase or lease electricity -- Powers of reclamation district conferred.
• 89.30.430 - Special fund from fixed income -- Contents -- Pledge of income -- Not district obligation.
• 89.30.433 - Special fund from fixed income -- Maturity -- Form -- Interest rates.
• 89.30.436 - General improvement districts -- Authorized.
• 89.30.439 - General improvement districts -- Resolution, survey and investigation.
• 89.30.442 - General improvement districts -- Cost of survey and investigation -- Limitation of levy.
• 89.30.445 - General improvement districts -- Board may make survey and investigation.
• 89.30.448 - General improvement districts -- Contract with state or United States for survey and investigation.
• 89.30.451 - General improvement districts -- Report on survey and investigation -- Estimate of cost.
• 89.30.454 - General improvement districts -- Notice for hearing on report.
• 89.30.457 - General improvement districts -- Contents of notice for hearing.
• 89.30.460 - General improvement districts -- Hearing -- Adjournments.
• 89.30.463 - General improvement districts -- Objections and evidence at hearing.
• 89.30.466 - General improvement districts -- Change of plans.
• 89.30.469 - General improvement districts -- Order on approval.
• 89.30.472 - General improvement districts -- Findings conclusive, exception.
• 89.30.475 - General improvement districts -- Special benefits deemed continuing.
• 89.30.478 - General improvement districts -- Powers of board -- Act on behalf of improvement or divisional district not to render reclamation district liable.
• 89.30.481 - Power of board as to assessments in improvement or divisional districts.
• 89.30.484 - Divisional districts -- Authorized.
• 89.30.487 - Divisional districts -- Powers of board, officers and electors.
• 89.30.490 - Divisional districts -- Organization.
• 89.30.493 - Divisional districts -- Liability.
• 89.30.496 - Divisional districts -- Assessments, contracts, etc.
• 89.30.499 - Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Petition -- Prior obligations.
• 89.30.502 - Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Time for hearing -- Notice.
• 89.30.505 - Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Hearing.
• 89.30.508 - Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Levy to pay bonds preserved.
• 89.30.511 - Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Unconditional relief -- Effect.
• 89.30.514 - Exclusion of nonirrigable lands from general improvement or divisional districts -- Power to reduce assessments.
• 89.30.517 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Authorized.
• 89.30.520 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Form, contents, payment, interest.
• 89.30.523 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Obligation of improvement and divisional district -- Reclamation district not obligated -- Deferred assessments.
• 89.30.526 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Election, how conducted.
• 89.30.529 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Election precincts and officials.
• 89.30.532 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Contents of notice of election.
• 89.30.535 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Notice and election in nonassessable area.
• 89.30.538 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Mailing returns -- Canvass.
• 89.30.541 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Abstract of election results.
• 89.30.544 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds.
• 89.30.547 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Sale or exchange price.
• 89.30.550 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Pledge of bonds to United States.
• 89.30.553 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Public or private sale -- Payment in property, labor, etc.
• 89.30.556 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Negotiability -- Execution.
• 89.30.565 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Moneys paid to county treasurer.
• 89.30.568 - Negotiable bonds of general improvement or divisional district -- Bonds paramount lien on moneys in fund.
• 89.30.571 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Annual ad valorem basis.
• 89.30.574 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Assessment roll.
• 89.30.577 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Contents of assessment roll.
• 89.30.580 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Basis of valuation.
• 89.30.583 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Valuation of lands not on tax roll.
• 89.30.586 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Values on roll are conclusive, when.
• 89.30.589 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Assessments for prior years -- Expense for delinquencies.
• 89.30.592 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Roll to segregate lands as to counties.
• 89.30.595 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Roll to district board -- Notice of equalization.
• 89.30.598 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Time for equalization meeting -- Inspection of roll.
• 89.30.601 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Hearing before equalization board -- Authority.
• 89.30.604 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Changes on roll to be noted -- Completed roll to county treasurers.
• 89.30.607 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Annual levy for bonds and interest.
• 89.30.610 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Levy for contracts with state or United States or for other charges.
• 89.30.613 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Levy for delinquencies.
• 89.30.616 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Collected assessments to constitute designated special funds.
• 89.30.619 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Procedure on failure to deliver roll -- Preparation, equalization, levy by county commissioners.
• 89.30.622 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Manner and effect of levy by county commissioners -- Expenses.
• 89.30.625 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- County treasurer may perform duties of district secretary, when.
• 89.30.628 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Lien of assessment, when attaches.
• 89.30.631 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- Assessment lien paramount -- When extinguished.
• 89.30.634 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- When assessments due and payable -- Delinquency date.
• 89.30.637 - Assessments in general improvement or divisional district -- When assessment delinquent -- Interest rate.
• 89.30.640 - Installment payments -- Delinquency.
• 89.30.643 - Installment payments -- Assessment book -- Contents.
• 89.30.646 - Installment payments -- Entry of payments -- Receipt.
• 89.30.649 - Installment payments -- Statement of assessments levied to be furnished on request.
• 89.30.652 - Installment payments -- County treasurers to make monthly remittances to district treasurer.
• 89.30.655 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- List to be posted.
• 89.30.658 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Notice of delinquency, contents, posting.
• 89.30.661 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Publication of list of posted places and notice of sale.
• 89.30.664 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Publication of notices -- Contents -- Time and place of sale.
• 89.30.667 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Sale of land for delinquency.
• 89.30.670 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- How conducted.
• 89.30.673 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Postponement of sale.
• 89.30.676 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Designation of portion to be sold -- Sale by parts.
• 89.30.679 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Resale upon purchaser's default.
• 89.30.682 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Reclamation district as purchaser.
• 89.30.685 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Entry of sale when district is purchaser -- Credit.
• 89.30.688 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Rights of district as purchaser.
• 89.30.691 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Deed to district in absence of redemption -- Conveyance.
• 89.30.694 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Resolution to convey property acquired by district -- Price.
• 89.30.697 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Lease of property acquired by district.
• 89.30.700 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Disposition of proceeds of sale or lease by district.
• 89.30.703 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Reconveyance to person entitled to redemption, when.
• 89.30.706 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Certificate of sale in duplicate, contents.
• 89.30.709 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Certificate of sale -- Form, filing, delivery.
• 89.30.712 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Certificate of sale may include several tracts.
• 89.30.715 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Entry of sale in assessment book, inspection -- Filing certificate.
• 89.30.718 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Lien of assessment vested in purchaser -- When divested.
• 89.30.721 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Redemption of property sold.
• 89.30.724 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Redemption in coin to treasurer -- To whom credited.
• 89.30.727 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Entry of redemption in book and on certificate.
• 89.30.730 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Deed in absence of redemption, contents.
• 89.30.733 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Fee for deed -- Several parcels may be included in one deed.
• 89.30.736 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Recitals in deed -- Evidentiary effect.
• 89.30.739 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Deed conclusive, exception.
• 89.30.742 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Title conveyed by deed.
• 89.30.745 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Probative force of assessment book and delinquency list.
• 89.30.748 - Delinquency and sale in general improvement and divisional districts -- Sale not avoided by misnomer or mistake as to ownership.
• 89.30.751 - Foreclosure of lien for general taxes -- Payment in full or sale subject to assessments due.
• 89.30.754 - Liability of county for assessments after sale to county for general taxes.
• 89.30.757 - Sale of county lands for delinquent assessments.
• 89.30.760 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Authorization by electors.
• 89.30.763 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Levy and collection.
• 89.30.766 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Proposition to be submitted to electors.
• 89.30.769 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Election, how called, conducted, etc.
• 89.30.772 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Notice of election -- Ballots.
• 89.30.775 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Indebtedness authorized.
• 89.30.778 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Notes -- Terms.
• 89.30.781 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Notes payable exclusively by assessments.
• 89.30.784 - Special assessments by general improvement or divisional district -- Interest on notes.
• 89.30.787 - Tolls for electricity and water -- Collection, deposit.
• 89.30.790 - Tolls for electricity and water -- Toll collector's bond.
• 89.30.793 - Jurisdiction of courts.
• 89.30.796 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Petition for judicial determination.
• 89.30.799 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Contents of petition.
• 89.30.802 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Notice of hearing of petition.
• 89.30.805 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Notice, how given and published.
• 89.30.808 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Demurrer or answer to petition.
• 89.30.811 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Rules which govern.
• 89.30.814 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Motion and order for new trial.
• 89.30.817 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Action in rem -- Power of court.
• 89.30.820 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Errors disregarded -- Approval in whole or part.
• 89.30.823 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Conclusiveness of judgment.
• 89.30.826 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Costs.
• 89.30.829 - Jurisdiction of courts -- Time for appeal.
• 89.30.832 - Liberal construction.
• 89.30.835 - Severability -- 1927 c 254.