RCW 36.88.390
Safeguarding open canals or ditches—Authority.
Every county shall have the right of entry upon every irrigation, drainage, or flood control canal or ditch right-of-way within its boundaries for all purposes necessary to safeguard the public from the hazards of open canals or ditches, including the right to clean such canals or ditches to prevent their flooding adjacent lands, and the right to cause to be constructed and maintained on such rights-of-way or adjacent thereto safeguards as authorized by RCW 36.88.015: PROVIDED, That such safeguards must not unreasonably interfere with maintenance of the canal or ditch or with the operation thereof.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.88.390. Prior: 1959 c 75 § 6.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 36.88 - County Road Improvement Districts.
36.88.010 - Districts authorized—Purposes.
36.88.015 - Additional purposes.
36.88.020 - Formation of district—How initiated.
36.88.030 - Formation of district—By resolution of intention—Procedure.
36.88.035 - Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates.
36.88.040 - Formation of district—By resolution of intention—Election—Rules.
36.88.050 - Formation of district—By petition—Procedure.
36.88.060 - Formation of district—Hearing—Resolution creating district.
36.88.065 - Formation of district—Alternative method.
36.88.070 - Diagram only preliminary determination.
36.88.072 - Waivers of protest—Recording—Limits on enforceability.
36.88.074 - Preformation expenditures.
36.88.076 - Credits for other assessments.
36.88.078 - Assessment reimbursement accounts.
36.88.080 - Property included in district—Method of assessment—Assessment limited by benefit.
36.88.085 - Exemption of farm and agricultural land from special benefit assessments.
36.88.090 - Assessment roll—Hearing—Notice—Objections—New hearing.
36.88.100 - Appeal—Reassessment.
36.88.110 - Assessment roll—Conclusive.
36.88.120 - Assessment is lien on property—Superiority.
36.88.130 - County treasurer—Duties.
36.88.140 - Payment of assessment—Delinquent assessments—Penalties—Lien foreclosure.
36.88.145 - Property donations—Credit against assessments.
36.88.150 - Payment of assessment—Record of.
36.88.160 - District fund—Purposes—Bond redemptions.
36.88.170 - Foreclosed property—Held in trust for district.
36.88.180 - Foreclosed property—Sale or lease—Disposition of proceeds.
36.88.190 - Improvement bonds, warrants authorized.
36.88.200 - Improvement bonds—Form, contents, execution.
36.88.210 - Improvement bonds—Issuance—Sale—Deposit of proceeds.
36.88.220 - Improvement bonds—Guaranty fund.
36.88.230 - Improvement bonds—Guaranty fund in certain counties—Operation.
36.88.235 - Improvement bonds—Guaranty fund assets may be transferred to county general fund—When.
36.88.250 - Improvement bonds—Remedies of bond owners—Enforcement.
36.88.260 - Assessment where bonds issued—Payment in installments.
36.88.270 - Assessment where bonds issued—Payment in cash—Notice of assessment.
36.88.290 - Limitation of actions.
36.88.295 - Refunding bonds—Limitations.
36.88.300 - District costs and expenses—What to include.
36.88.305 - District costs and expenses—Credit or reduction of assessments.
36.88.310 - Acquisition of property—Eminent domain.
36.88.320 - Construction or improvement—Supervision—Contracts—Standards.
36.88.330 - Warrants—Issuance—Priority—Acceptance.
36.88.350 - Maintenance—Expense.
36.88.370 - Signatures on petitions, ballots, objections—Determining sufficiency.
36.88.375 - Consolidated road improvement districts—Establishment—Bonds.
36.88.380 - Safeguarding open canals or ditches—Assessments and benefits.
36.88.390 - Safeguarding open canals or ditches—Authority.
36.88.400 - Safeguarding open canals or ditches—Installation and construction—Costs.
36.88.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.