AN ACT Relating to irrigation district foreclosure of property with delinquent assessments; amending RCW 87.03.270; adding a new chapter to Title 87 RCW; and repealing RCW 87.03.310, 87.03.315, 87.03.320, 87.03.325, 87.03.330, 87.03.335, 87.03.340, 87.03.345, 87.03.350, 87.03.355, 87.03.360, 87.03.370, 87.03.375, 87.03.380, 87.03.385, 87.03.390, 87.03.395, 87.03.400, 87.03.405, 87.03.410, and 87.03.415.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Costs" means all expenses of the treasurer accrued to the date of payment, judicial determination, or sale whichever is applicable. These include, but are not limited to filing and recording fees, title searches, publications, mailing costs, and reasonable attorneys' fees, including for appeals.

(2) "Date of delinquency" means, for the purpose of foreclosure under this chapter, the date when the first assessment first became delinquent.

(3) "Description of property" means the parcel number, tax number, or other legal description that refers to a specific parcel of land.

(4) "Minimum bid sheet" is the informational sheet prepared by the treasurer for use at the treasurer's sale. It shall list at a minimum, as a single document, the description of the various properties and the minimum bid required for each.

(5) "Notice and summons" means a notice of application for judgment foreclosing assessment liens and the summons.

(6) "Party in interest" means an occupant or person having a financial interest of record in the property.

(7) "Treasurer" means the irrigation district treasurer unless the county treasurer acts as ex officio district treasurer for a district in accordance with RCW 87.03.440 in which case "treasurer" for that district means the county treasurer.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) After the expiration of three years from the date of delinquency, the treasurer shall prepare certificates of delinquency on the property for the district for the unpaid irrigation district assessments, interest, and costs. Individual certificates of delinquency may be prepared for each such property or the individual certificates may be compiled and issued in one general certificate including all delinquent property. Each certificate shall contain the following information:

(a) Description of the property assessed;

(b) Street address of property, if available;

(d) Amount of assessments, interest, and accrued costs;

(e) Name appearing on the treasurer's most current assessment roll for the property; and

(f) A statement that interest will be charged on the amount listed in (d) of this subsection at a rate of twelve percent per year from the date of the issuance of the certificate for each property listed on the certificate.

(2) The treasurer shall file the certificates when completed with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the property is situated. The filing fee, if imposed, shall be the same for an individual certificate as for a general certificate.

(3) (a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, certificates of delinquency shall also be issued for properties for which assessments have been delinquent for three or more years prior to the effective date of this section or for three or more years a portion of which period occurred before the effective date of this section. If foreclosure actions have been commenced by the district regarding such properties under the district law as it existed prior to the effective date of this section, the district shall abandon such actions and proceed against such properties under this chapter.

(b) Certificates of delinquency shall not be issued under this chapter for properties that have been sold under foreclosure proceedings for delinquent irrigation district assessments prior to the effective date of this section or for which title has been secured by an irrigation district under such proceedings prior to the effective date of this section unless the sale or securing of title has been declared to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction or district assessments again become delinquent for the properties.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Any party in interest who attempts payment of the delinquent assessments against any parcel listed on a certificate after the certificate of delinquency has been filed with the clerk of the court shall be required to pay the amount listed under section 2(1)(d) of this act for the property on the certificate of delinquency, interest on that amount from the date of issuance of the certificate at the rate of twelve percent per year, and all other irrigation assessments then due against the parcel in question, and accrued interest, and costs. The treasurer may require payment in cash, certified check, or United States postal money order.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The treasurer shall order a title search of the property for which certificates of delinquency have been issued to verify the legal description of the property to be sold, the current record title holder, and other parties in interest. If the record title holder differs from the person whose name or names appear on the assessment roll, the record title holder shall be considered and treated as the owner of the property for the purpose of foreclosure.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. (1) After complying with section 4 of this act, the treasurer shall proceed to foreclose in the name of the irrigation district the assessment liens embraced in the certificates of delinquency. The treasurer shall give notice of application for judgment foreclosing assessment liens and summons to the person identified in the certificate and to all parties in interest as disclosed by the title search that the district will apply to superior court of the county in which the property is situated for a judgment foreclosing the lien against the property mentioned therein. The treasurer may include in any notice any number of separate properties. Such notice and summons shall contain:

(a) The title of the court, the description of the property and the name of the owner and party in interest thereof, if known, the fact that a certificate of delinquency was issued, the date thereof, and the amount for which it was issued, the years for the delinquent assessments for which it was issued, the amount of all delinquent assessments, and the rate of interest on the amount;

(b) A direction to the party in interest summoning the party to appear within sixty days after service of the notice and summons, exclusive of the day of the service, and defend the action or pay the amount due, and when service is made by publication a direction to the party in interest summoning the party to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of the notice and summons, exclusive of the day of first publication, and defend the action or pay the amount due;

(c) A notice that, in case of failure to defend or pay the amount due, judgment will be rendered foreclosing the lien of the assessments, interest, and costs against the land and premises named; and

(d) The date, time, and place of sale of the property.

(2) The treasurer shall record in the office of the auditor of the county in which the real estate is located a notice of lis pendens before commencing the publication or service of the notice and summons.

(3) The notice and summons shall be served or notice given in a manner reasonably calculated to inform the party in interest of the foreclosure action. Either (a) personal service upon the party in interest or (b) publication once in a newspaper of general circulation that is circulated in an area of the property and mailing of notice by certified mail to the party in interest shall be the minimum notice required.

(4) In addition to describing the property, the notice shall include the local street address of the property, if any. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to mail a copy of the notice and summons, within fifteen days after the first publication or service thereof, to the treasurer of each county, city, or town within which any property involved in an assessment foreclosure is situated, but the treasurer's failure to do so shall not affect the jurisdiction of the court nor the priority of any assessment lien sought to be foreclosed.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. The proceedings to foreclose the liens against all properties on a general certificate of delinquency or on more than one individual certificate may be brought in one action. All parties in interest as to any of the property involved in the proceedings may be made codefendants in the action.

Any party in interest in property upon which judgment is prayed or entered, as provided in this chapter, may in person or by agent pay the amount listed on the certificate of delinquency under section 2(1)(d) of this act for the property, interest, and costs due thereon to the treasurer of the district in which the same are situated, at any time before the close of business on the day preceding the sale. The treasurer shall collect or receive the same and give a receipt for such payment. The person making payment for the property shall also pay the amount of all assessments, interest, and costs accruing after the issuance of the certificate of delinquency. Upon receipt of such a payment, the district shall abandon foreclosure proceedings against the property. If a notice of lis pendens has been filed with the county auditor, the treasurer shall record a release of lis pendens with the auditor when otherwise done so for other properties involved in the proceeding under section 12 of this act.

Any person other than the record owner making the payment shall have a lien on the property for the amount paid and interest on that amount. Any payment made shall inure to the benefit of the person having the legal or equitable title to the property, subject, however, to the right of the person making the payment to be reimbursed by the person benefited for the amount paid plus interest at a rate of twelve percent per year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. The court shall examine each application for judgment foreclosing the assessment lien, and if a defense specifying in writing the particular cause of objection is offered by any person interested in any of the lands or lots to the entry of judgment against them, the court shall hear and determine the matter in a summary manner, without other pleadings, and shall pronounce judgment as the right of the case may be; or the court may, in its discretion, continue the individual cases, wherein a defense is offered, to such time as may be necessary, in order to secure substantial justice to the contestants therein. In all other cases, the court shall proceed to determine the matter in a summary manner as specified in this section. In all judicial proceedings of any kind for the collection of assessments, interest, and costs thereon, all amendments which by law can be made in any personal action pending in the court shall be allowed. No assessments or property or charge for any of the assessments may be considered illegal because of any irregularity in the assessment roll or because the assessment roll has not been made, completed, or returned within the time required by law, or because the property has been charged or listed in the assessment roll without name, or in any other name than that of the owner, and no error or informality in the proceedings of any of the officers connected with the assessment may invalidate or in any other manner affect the assessment thereof. Any irregularities or informality in the assessment roll or in any of the proceedings connected with the assessment or any omission or defective act of any officer or officers connected with the assessment may be, at the discretion of the court corrected, supplied, and made to conform to the law by the court.

Nothing in this section may be construed to deny the court the right to enter partial judgment against those parcels concerning which there is no controversy or as to other parcels as soon as the controversy has been resolved.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. (1) The court shall give judgment for assessments, interest, and costs as appear to be due upon the several properties described in the notice of application for judgment or complaint. The court shall order and direct the clerk to make and enter an order for sale of such real property against which judgment is made, or vacate and set aside the certificate of delinquency or make such other order or judgment as in the law or equity may be just. A copy of this court order shall be served on any party who has appeared or defended in the proceedings. The order shall be signed by the judge or court commissioner of the superior court and attested by the clerk thereof, and a certified copy of the order, together with the list of the property therein ordered sold, shall be delivered to the treasurer, and shall be full and sufficient authority for the treasurer to proceed to sell the property for not less than the sum as set forth in the order and to take such further steps in the matter as are provided by law.

(2) The treasurer, after receiving the order and judgment of the court, shall proceed to sell the separate parcels of property as provided in this chapter to the highest and best bidder for each of the parcels. All sales shall be made on Friday between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and close of business in the evening at a location designated by the treasurer, and shall continue from day to day, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays excluded, during the same hours until all properties are sold.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. (1) Appeals from the judgment of the court may be taken to the supreme court or the court of appeals at any time within thirty days after the rendition of the judgment by giving notice thereof orally in open court at the time of the rendition of the judgment, or by giving written notice thereof at any time thereafter, and within thirty days from the date of the rendition of such judgment. The party taking such appeal shall execute, serve, and file a bond payable to the state of Washington, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the court, in an amount to be fixed by the court, conditioned that the appellant shall prosecute the appeal with effect, and will pay the amount of any assessments, interest, and costs which may be finally adjudged against the real property involved in the appeal by any court having jurisdiction of the cause, which bond shall be so served and filed at the time of the service of notice of appeal. The respondent may, within five days after the service of such bond, object to the sureties thereon, or to the form and substance of such bond, in the court in which the action is pending. If, upon hearing of the objections to the bond, it is determined by the court that the sureties thereon are insufficient for any reason or that the bond is defective for any other reason, the court shall direct a new bond to be executed with sureties thereon, to be justified as provided by law. No appeal may be allowed from any judgment for the sale of property for irrigation assessments and no bond given on appeal as provided in this section shall operate as a supersedeas, unless the party taking such appeal shall before the time of giving notice of such appeal, and within the thirty days allowed within which to appeal, deposit with the treasurer of the district in which the land or lots are situated, an amount of money equal to the amount of the judgment and costs rendered in the cause by the trial court. If, in the case of an appeal, the judgment of the lower court is affirmed in whole or in part, the supreme court or the court of appeals shall enter judgment for the amount of assessments, interest, and costs, and shall order that the amount deposited with the treasurer, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be credited upon the judgment so rendered, and execution shall issue for the balance of the judgment, damages, and costs.

(2) The clerk of the supreme court or the clerk of the division of the court of appeals in which the appeal is pending shall transmit to the treasurer of the district in which the land or lots are situated, a certified copy of the order of affirmance. It shall be the duty of that treasurer upon receiving the same to apply so much of the amount deposited with him or her as is necessary to satisfy the amount of the judgment of the supreme court, and to account for the same as collected assessments. If the judgment of the superior court is reversed and the cause remanded for a rehearing, and if, upon a rehearing, judgment is rendered for the sale of the land or lots for assessments or any part thereof, and such judgment is not appealed the clerk of the superior court shall certify to the treasurer the amount of the judgment, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the treasurer to certify to the clerk the amount deposited with the clerk. The clerk shall credit the judgment with the amount of the deposit, or so much thereof as will satisfy the judgment, and the treasurer shall be chargeable and accountable for the amount so credited as collected assessments. Nothing in this section may be construed as requiring an additional deposit in case of more than one appeal being taken in the proceeding. If, upon a final hearing, judgment is refused for the sale of the land or lots for the assessments, penalties, interest, and costs, or any part thereof, in said proceedings, the treasurer shall pay over to the party who has made the deposit, or his or her legally authorized agent or representative, the amount of the deposit, or so much thereof as remains after the satisfaction of the judgment against the land or lots in respect to which the deposit was made.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. (1) The treasurer shall post at least ten days before the sale, notice of the sale as follows: At the courthouse of the county in which the property is located, at the district office, and at a public place in the district. If there are improvements on the property, then notice shall also be posted on the principal improvements. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of sale and shall direct inquiries to the treasurer. The treasurer shall also publish, at least once, not fewer than ten days before the sale, a notice in any daily or weekly legal newspaper of general circulation in the district. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:

IRRIGATION ASSESSMENT JUDGMENT SALE

Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to judgment for irrigation assessments of the superior court of the county of .......... in the state of Washington, and an order of sale duly issued by the clerk of the court, entered the .......... day of ............... , .......... , in proceedings for foreclosure of assessment liens upon real property, as per provisions of law, I shall on the .......... day of ............... , .......... , at ..... o'clock a.m., at .......... in the city of ............... , and county of ............... , state of Washington, sell the following described on the minimum bid sheets (a copy of which is provided free of charge at the treasurer's office) lands or lots, to the highest and best bidder for cash to satisfy the full amount of assessments, interest and foreclosure costs adjudged to be due thereon.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal this .......... day of ............... , .......... .

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(2) The treasurer shall file an affidavit with the court that the treasurer has complied with the notice requirements of this section.

(3) If the sale is conducted by the county treasurer, no county or district officer or employee may directly or indirectly be a purchaser. If the district has its own treasurer, no officer or employee of the district may directly or indirectly be a purchaser.

(4) If the highest amount bid for any such separate properties is in excess of the entire amount of the assessments, interest, and costs due upon the whole property included in the certificate of delinquency, plus the assessments and interest accruing from the issuance of the certificate of delinquency up to the date of sale, the excess shall be remitted, on application therefore, to the owner of the property. In the event no claim for the excess is received by the treasurer within three years after the date of the sale, the treasurer shall at expiration of the three-year period deposit the excess in the current expense fund of the district.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. The treasurer shall execute a treasurer's deed to the purchaser of any piece or parcel of land. The deed so made by the treasurer, under the official seal of the treasurer's office, shall be recorded in the same manner as other conveyances of real property and shall vest title to the property therein described, without further acknowledgment or evidence of such conveyance, in the grantee or his or her heirs and assigns. However, foreclosure by an irrigation district shall not destroy the lien by the county for real estate taxes. This section does not prohibit the county and the irrigation district from entering into an interlocal cooperation agreement to collect each other's delinquent taxes or assessments. The treasurer's deed shall be substantially in the following form:

TREASURER'S DEED

!ixState of Washington

County of ___________

This indenture, made this ..... day of .......... , .......... , between .......... , as treasurer of .......... irrigation district, state of Washington, party of the first part, and .......... , party of the second part:

Witnesseth, that whereas, at the public sale of real property held on the ..... day of .......... , ..... , pursuant to an irrigation assessment judgment entered in the superior court in the county of .......... on the ..... day of .......... , ..... , in proceedings to foreclose assessment liens upon real property and an order of sale duly issued by the court, .......... duly purchased in compliance with the laws of the state of Washington, for and in consideration of the sum of .......... dollars the following described real property, to wit: (Here place description of real property conveyed) and that .......... has complied with the laws of the state of Washington necessary to entitle (him, her, or them) to a deed for the real property.

Now, therefore know ye, that, I .......... , treasurer of said irrigation district of .......... , state of Washington, in consideration of the premises and by virtue of the statutes of the state of Washington, in such cases provided, do hereby grant and convey unto .......... , his or her heirs and assigns, forever, the real property hereinbefore described, as fully and completely as said party of the first part can by virtue of the premises convey the same.

Given under my hand and seal of office this ..... day of .......... , A.D. ..... .

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NEW SECTION. Sec. 12. (1) In addition to the fees required to be collected by the treasurer for the issuance of a deed upon the sale of property, the treasurer shall collect the proper recording fee. This fee together with the deed shall then be transmitted by the treasurer to the county auditor who will record the same and mail the deed to the purchaser.

(2) Following the sale of property the treasurer shall record in the office of the auditor of the county in which said real property is located a release of lis pendens.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 13. (1) All bidders except the irrigation district shall pay the full amount of assessments, interest, and costs for which judgment is rendered, together with all property taxes, interest, and costs which are due at the time of sale, regardless of whether the property taxes, interest, or costs are included in the judgment.

(2) The title shall be free from all encumbrances except drainage or diking district assessments or installments thereof not delinquent at the time of sale, drainage or diking improvement district assessments or installments thereof not delinquent at the time of the sale, and all existing irrigation district assessments or installments thereof not delinquent at the time of the sale, pursuant to which the deed is issued.

(3) (a) At all sales of property, if no other bids are received, the irrigation district shall, except as provided in (b) of this subsection, acquire title to the property by paying any costs that may have been incurred by the county under this chapter for the foreclosure action. The district's acquisition of the title shall be as absolute as if the property had been purchased by an individual under the provisions of this chapter.

(b) If for any reason the district does not wish to acquire title to the property, the district may file a written disclaimer waiving payment of the delinquent assessment for which the property is being sold and waiving payment of interest and costs. In such a circumstance, the district does not acquire title to the property.

(4) All property deeded to the district under the provisions of this chapter shall be stricken from the tax rolls as district property and exempt from taxation and shall not be again assessed or taxed while property of the district. (5) If the irrigation district sells any lands acquired under the terms of this section, the grantee, before receiving deed, shall pay all drainage or diking district assessments, drainage or diking improvement district assessments, and irrigation district assessments that have been canceled by the deed to the irrigation district, payment being made to the county treasurer for the benefit of the respective taxing districts entitled thereto. Upon sale by an irrigation district, the grantee shall pay the general property taxes, costs, and interest that were due at the time the irrigation district acquired title to the property.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 14. The board of directors of the irrigation district and the county treasurer may through the interlocal cooperation agreement act, chapter 39.34 RCW, choose to have one of the treasurers proceed with a combined foreclosure for all property taxes, irrigation assessments, and all interest and costs owing to both entities. Any such agreement shall include a specific statement as to which entity shall assume title if there are no bids received equal to or greater than the amount listed on the minimum bid sheet. The agreement shall also clearly specify how any unclaimed excess funds from the sale will be divided among the current expense funds of the county and the irrigation district, if no claim is made for such amount.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 15. In any action brought under this chapter the amount of the irrigation assessment for which said property was sold and set forth in the summons and notice shall be prima facie correct and all the presumptions in favor of an irrigation assessment sale and issuance of treasurer's deed existing by law shall obtain.

Sec. 16. Section 24, page 684, Laws of 1889-90 as last amended by section 1, chapter 102, Laws of 1982 and RCW 87.03.270 are each amended to read as follows:

The assessment roll, before its equalization and adoption, shall be checked and compared as to descriptions and ownerships, with the county treasurer's land rolls. On or before the fifteenth day of January in each year the secretary must deliver the assessment roll or the respective segregation thereof to the county treasurer of each respective county in which the lands therein described are located, and said assessments shall become due and payable on the fifteenth day of February following.

All assessments on said roll shall become delinquent on the first day of May following the filing of the roll unless the assessments are paid on or before the thirtieth day of April of said year: PROVIDED, That if an assessment is ten dollars or more for said year and if one-half of the assessment is paid on or before the thirtieth day of April, the remainder shall be due and payable on or before the thirty-first day of October following and shall be delinquent after that date. All delinquent assessments shall bear interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum computed on a monthly basis from the date of delinquency until paid.

Upon receiving the assessment roll the county treasurer shall prepare therefrom an assessment book in which shall be written the description of the land as it appears in the assessment roll, the name of the owner or owners where known, and if assessed to the unknown owners, then the word "unknown", and the total assessment levied against each tract of land. Proper space shall be left in said book for the entry therein of all subsequent proceedings relating to the payment and collection of said assessments.

On or before April 1st of each year, the treasurer of the district shall send a statement of assessments due. County treasurers who collect irrigation district assessments may send the statement of irrigation district assessments together with the statement of general taxes.

Upon payment of any assessment the county treasurer must enter the date of said payment in said assessment book opposite the description of the land and the name of the person paying and give a receipt to such person specifying the amount of the assessment and the amount paid with the description of the property assessed.

It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the district to furnish upon request of the owner, or any person interested, a statement showing any and all assessments levied as shown by the assessment roll in his office upon land described in such request. All statements of irrigation district assessments covering any land in the district shall show the amount of the irrigation district assessment, the dates on which the assessment is due, the place of payment, and, if the property was sold for delinquent assessments in a prior year, the amount of the delinquent assessment and the notation "certificate issued": PROVIDED, That the failure of the treasurer to render any statement herein required of him shall not render invalid any assessments made by any irrigation district.

It shall be the duty of the county treasurer of any county, other than the county in which the office of the board of directors is located, to make monthly remittances to the county treasurer of the county in which the office of the board of directors is located covering all amounts collected by him for the irrigation district during the preceding month.

When the treasurer collects a delinquent assessment, ((~~in addition to~~)) the treasurer shall collect any other amounts due by reason of the delinquency, ((~~he shall collect an additional sum of ten dollars~~)) including accrued costs, which shall be deposited to the treasurer's operation and maintenance fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 17. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) Section 25, page 684, Laws of 1889-90, section 13, chapter 165, Laws of 1913, section 15, chapter 179, Laws of 1915, section 6, chapter 162, Laws of 1917, section 13, chapter 180, Laws of 1919, section 17, chapter 129, Laws of 1921, section 2, chapter 181, Laws of 1929, section 3, chapter 60, Laws of 1931, section 6, chapter 43, Laws of 1933, section 1, chapter 60, Laws of 1955, section 2, chapter 209, Laws of 1981, section 87, chapter 469, Laws of 1985 and RCW 87.03.310;

(2) Section 26, page 685, Laws of 1889-90, section 13, chapter 165, Laws of 1895, section 14, chapter 165, Laws of 1913, section 18, chapter 129, Laws of 1921, section 3, chapter 181, Laws of 1929, section 4, chapter 60, Laws of 1931, section 7, chapter 43, Laws of 1933, section 3, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.315;

(3) Section 2, chapter 58, Laws of 1955, section 4, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.320;

(4) Section 3, chapter 58, Laws of 1955, section 5, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.325;

(5) Section 4, chapter 58, Laws of 1955, section 6, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.330;

(6) Section 28, page 686, Laws of 1889-90, section 15, chapter 165, Laws of 1895, section 16, chapter 165, Laws of 1913, section 20, chapter 129, Laws of 1921, section 10, chapter 43, Laws of 1933, section 7, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.335;

(7) Section 1, chapter 172, Laws of 1941 and RCW 87.03.340;

(8) Section 2, chapter 172, Laws of 1941 and RCW 87.03.345;

(9) Section 3, chapter 172, Laws of 1941, section 8, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.350;

(10) Section 29, page 687, Laws of 1889-90, section 16, chapter 165, Laws of 1895, section 5, chapter 13, Laws of 1913, section 17, chapter 165, Laws of 1913, section 16, chapter 179, Laws of 1915, section 7, chapter 162, Laws of 1917, section 21, chapter 129, Laws of 1921, section 12, chapter 138, Laws of 1923, section 2, chapter 185, Laws of 1929, section 11, chapter 43, Laws of 1933, section 5, chapter 171, Laws of 1939, section 5, chapter 58, Laws of 1955, section 9, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.355;

(11) Section 6, chapter 171, Laws of 1939, section 10, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.360;

(12) Section 30, page 687, Laws of 1889-90, section 17, chapter 165, Laws of 1895, section 1, chapter 101, Laws of 1935, section 1, chapter 256, Laws of 1943, section 1, chapter 131, Laws of 1945, section 11, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.370;

(13) Section 1, chapter 194, Laws of 1933, section 12, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.375;

(14) Section 2, chapter 194, Laws of 1933, section 1, chapter 171, Laws of 1939, section 13, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.380;

(15) Section 3, chapter 194, Laws of 1933, section 14, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.385;

(16) Section 4, chapter 194, Laws of 1933, section 15, chapter 209, Laws of 1981 and RCW 87.03.390;

(17) Section 5, chapter 194, Laws of 1933 and RCW 87.03.395;

(18) Section 6, chapter 194, Laws of 1933 and RCW 87.03.400;

(19) Section 7, chapter 194, Laws of 1933 and RCW 87.03.405;

(20) Section 8, chapter 194, Laws of 1933, section 170, chapter 81, Laws of 1971 and RCW 87.03.410; and

(21) Section 9, chapter 194, Laws of 1933 and RCW 87.03.415.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 18. Sections 1 through 15 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 87 RCW.