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                          HOUSE BILL 2369

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By Representatives Buck and Delvin

Read first time 01/16/2002.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

Allowing certain landowners to have their land excluded from an irrigation district.

    AN ACT Relating to tracts of land of one acre or less within irrigation districts; and adding a new section to chapter 87.03 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 87.03 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The owner or owners in fee of a tract of land of one acre or less that constitute a portion of an irrigation district may have their land excluded from the irrigation district under the following conditions:

    (a) The irrigation district water is accessible to the tract of land but the owner or owners in fee have not accessed the water for the past five consecutive years; or

    (b) The irrigation district water is not accessible to the tract of land and has not been accessible for the past five consecutive years.

    (2) The owner or owners in fee of a tract of land of one acre or less that constitute a portion of an irrigation district who meet the requirements of this section may notify in writing the board of directors of such district to declare their intention to exclude the tract of land from the district.  The board of directors, upon receipt of the notification, has ninety days to enter an order excluding the tract of land from the district.  Such order shall be entered upon the minutes of the board and certified to the office of the county treasurer.

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