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                          HOUSE BILL 2769

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Hurst and Stensen

Read first time 01/20/2000.  Referred to Committee on Local Government.

Revising provisions for lake management districts.

    AN ACT Relating to lake management districts; and amending RCW 36.61.020.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 36.61.020 and 1987 c 432 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    Any county may create lake management districts to finance the improvement and maintenance of lakes located within or partially within the boundaries of the county.  All or a portion of a lake and the adjacent land areas may be included within one or more lake management districts.  More than one lake, or portions of lakes, and the adjacent land areas may be included in a single lake management district.  ((A lake management district may be created for a period of up to ten years.))

    Special assessments or rates and charges may be imposed on the property included within a lake management district to finance lake improvement and maintenance activities, including:  (1) The control or removal of aquatic plants and vegetation; (2) water quality; (3) the control of water levels; (4) storm water diversion and treatment; (5) agricultural waste control; (6) studying lake water quality problems and solutions; (7) cleaning and maintaining ditches, dikes, levees, flumes, and streams entering or leaving the lake; and (8) the related administrative, engineering, legal, and operational costs, including the costs of creating the lake management district.

    Special assessments or rates and charges may be imposed annually on all the land in a lake management district for the duration of the lake management district without a related issuance of lake management district bonds or revenue bonds.  Special assessments also may be imposed in the manner of special assessments in a local improvement district with each landowner being given the choice of paying the entire special assessment in one payment, or to paying installments, with lake management district bonds being issued to obtain moneys not derived by the initial full payment of the special assessments, and the installments covering all of the costs related to issuing, selling, and redeeming the lake management district bonds.

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