Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 85.06 RCW
DRAINAGE DISTRICTS AND MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE PROVISIONS
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PART I—DRAINAGE DISTRICTS
85.06.010Districts authorized—Powers—Management.
85.06.015Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW.
85.06.070Eminent domain powers—Purchase of real property authorized.
85.06.080Commissioners—Powers and duties.
85.06.090Petition for improvement—Contents.
85.06.100Petition for improvement—Employment of assistants—Compensation as costs in suit.
85.06.110Summons—Contents—Service.
85.06.120Appearance of defendants—Jury—Verdict—Assessment of damages and benefits—Decree.
85.06.125Special assessments—Budgets—Alternative methods.
85.06.130Assessment of benefited lands formerly omitted—Procedure—Appeals.
85.06.140Dismissal of proceedings, when—Costs.
85.06.150Procedure to claim awards.
85.06.160Transcript of benefits to auditor—Assessments—Collection—Supplemental assessment.
85.06.180Construction—Contractors—Performance bonds.
85.06.190Substantial changes in plans—Procedure.
85.06.200Payments on contracts—Retained percentage.
85.06.210Connecting private drains—Procedure—Costs.
85.06.220Connecting with lower districts—Procedure.
85.06.230City or town may act as or be included in drainage district.
85.06.240Estimate for maintenance and repair—Emergency expenditures.
85.06.250Organization of board—Warrants, how issued.
85.06.255Special assessment bonds.
85.06.330Warrants presented for indorsement—When and how paid.
85.06.340Trial—Findings and forms of verdict.
85.06.350Public lands subject to assessment—Rights and liabilities of public corporations.
85.06.360Assessments on public lands—How paid.
85.06.370Fees for service of process.
85.06.380Commissioners—Compensation and expenses.
85.06.390Improvement of watercourses—Preservation of vested rights.
85.06.400Powers of court—Injunctions.
PART II—MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE PROVISIONS
85.06.500Extension or enlargement of system.
85.06.545Annexation of territory—Consolidation of special districts—Suspension of operations—Reactivation.
85.06.550Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped.
85.06.560Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice to present claims—Registration.
85.06.570Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Petition to court for assessment—Contents.
85.06.580Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing to be fixed—Order for publication of notice.
85.06.590Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Notice—Contents, publication, etc.
85.06.600Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Hearing—Order for levy—Costs.
85.06.610Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Certification of order to tax levying officers.
85.06.620Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Dismissal of petition.
85.06.630Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Appellate review.
85.06.640Additional improvements—Authorized—Change in plans.
85.06.650Additional improvements—Methods of payment.
85.06.660Additional improvements—Resolution—Notice and hearing—Protests—Appellate review, conclusiveness of order of board.
85.06.670Additional improvements—Acquisition, sale of property—Contracts to share expense.
85.06.680Additional improvements—Private property not to be taken without compensation.
85.06.690Additional improvements—Right of eminent domain.
85.06.700Additional improvements—Powers are additional—"Drainage district" defined.
85.06.710Costs in excess of estimate—Authorized—Warrants validated.
85.06.720Costs in excess of estimate—Petition to reopen original proceedings—Damages and benefits.
85.06.730Costs in excess of estimate—Summons on petition—Contents—Service—Answer.
85.06.740Costs in excess of estimate—Hearing by jury—Verdict.
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.