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SENATE BILL 5767
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Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/06/95.
Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
Authorizing
consolidation of municipal irrigation assessment districts.
AN ACT Relating to
municipal irrigation assessment districts; and amending RCW 35.92.220 and
35.92.230.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 35.92.220 and 1965 c
130 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A city or
town, situated within or served by, an irrigation project, or projects, owned
or operated by the United States government, a water users' association,
associations, corporation, or corporations or another city or town or towns,
where the legislative authority deems it feasible to furnish water for
irrigation and domestic purposes, or either, and where the water used for
irrigation and domestic purposes or either, is appurtenant or may become
appurtenant to the land located within such city or town, may purchase, lease,
or otherwise acquire water or water rights for the purpose of furnishing the
city or town and the inhabitants thereof with a supply of water for irrigation
and domestic purposes, or either; purchase, construct, or otherwise
acquire systems and means of distribution and delivery of water within and
without the limits of the city or town, or for the delivery of water where the
owner of land within the city or town owns a water right appurtenant to his or
her land, with full power to maintain, repair, reconstruct, regulate, and
control the same, and if private property is necessary for such purposes, the
city or town may condemn and purchase or purchase and acquire property, enter
into any contract, and order any and all work to be done ((which shall be))
that is necessary to carry out such purposes, and it may do so either by
the entire city or town or by assessment districts, consisting of the whole or
any portion thereof, as the legislative authority of the city or town may
determine.
(2) The legislative
authority of any city or town may by ordinance authorize the consolidation of
separate irrigation assessment districts, previously established pursuant to
this section, for the purposes of construction or rehabilitation of
improvements, or of ongoing administration, service, repair, and reconstruction
of irrigation systems. The separate irrigation assessment districts to be
consolidated need not be adjoining, vicinal, or neighboring. If the
legislative authority orders the creation of such consolidated irrigation
assessment districts, the money received and on hand from assessments levied
within the original districts shall be deposited in a consolidated fund to be
used by the municipality for future expenses within the consolidated district.
Sec. 2. RCW 35.92.230 and 1965 c
130 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
For the purpose of
paying for a water right purchased by the city or town from the United States
government where the purchase price has not been fully paid; paying annual
maintenance or annual rental charge to the United States government or any
corporation or individual furnishing the water for irrigation and domestic
purposes, or either; paying assessments made by any water users' association;
paying the cost of constructing or acquiring any system or means of
distribution or delivery of water for ((said)) such purposes; and
for the upkeep, repair, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance thereof; accumulating
reasonable operating fund reserves to pay for system upkeep, repair, operation,
and maintenance, in such amount as is determined by the city or town
legislative authority; accumulating reasonable capital fund reserves in an
amount not to exceed the total estimated cost of system construction,
reconstruction, or refurbishment, over such period of time as is determined by
the city or town legislative authority; and for any expense incidental to
((said)) such purposes, the city or town may levy and collect
special assessments against the property within any district created pursuant
to RCW 35.92.220 ((as now or hereafter amended)), to pay the whole or
any part of any such costs and expenses.
Passed
the Senate March 10, 1995.
Passed
the House April 6, 1995.
Approved by the Governor April 18, 1995.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 18, 1995.
