RCW 85.05.010
Districts authorized—Powers—Management.
Any portion of a county requiring diking may be organized into a diking district, and when so organized, such district, and the board of commissioners hereinafter provided for, shall have and possess the power herein conferred or that may hereafter be conferred by law upon such district and board of commissioners, and said district shall be known and designated as diking district No. . . . . (here insert number) of the county of . . . . . . (here insert the name of county) of the state of Washington, and shall have the right to sue and be sued by and in the name of its board of commissioners hereinafter provided for, and shall have perpetual succession, and shall adopt and use a seal. The commissioners hereinafter provided for, and their successors in office, shall, from the time of the organization of such diking district, have the power, and it shall be their duty, to manage and conduct the business and affairs of the district; make and execute all necessary contracts, employ and appoint such agents, officers and employees as may be required, and prescribe their duties, and perform such other acts as hereinafter provided, or that may hereafter be provided by law.
[ 1921 c 146 § 1; 1895 c 117 § 1; RRS § 4236. Cf. 1888 p 90 § 1; Code 1881 § 2519. Formerly RCW 85.04.005, part.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 85 - Diking and Drainage
Chapter 85.05 - Diking Districts.
85.05.010 - Districts authorized—Powers—Management.
85.05.065 - Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW.
85.05.070 - Eminent domain—Powers of district.
85.05.071 - Resolution to construct drainage system.
85.05.072 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Notice of hearing.
85.05.073 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Procedure in absence of objections.
85.05.074 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Objections to improvement.
85.05.075 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Assessment of benefits.
85.05.076 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Appeal to supreme court—Trial de novo.
85.05.078 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Bonds to construct drainage system.
85.05.079 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Appellate review.
85.05.080 - Rights-of-way on public land.
85.05.081 - Organization—Matters to be set in notices, petitions or proceedings.
85.05.082 - Beds and shores of streams granted to district.
85.05.083 - Auditor to sign petition for his county, when.
85.05.085 - Commissioners, duty of.
85.05.090 - Petition for improvement—Contents.
85.05.100 - Petition for improvement—Employment of assistants—Compensation as costs in suits.
85.05.110 - Summons—Contents—Service.
85.05.120 - Appearance of defendants—Jury—Verdict—Decree.
85.05.130 - Assessment of benefited lands formerly omitted—Procedure—Appeals.
85.05.135 - Special assessments—Budgets—Alternative methods.
85.05.140 - Proceedings may be dismissed when.
85.05.150 - Procedure to claim awards.
85.05.160 - Transcript of benefits to auditor—Assessments—Collection.
85.05.170 - Tax to pay cost on dismissal.
85.05.180 - Construction—Contractors—Performance bonds.
85.05.190 - Substantial changes in plans—Procedure.
85.05.200 - Payments on contracts—Retained percentage.
85.05.210 - Private dikes, how connected—Additional plans—Costs.
85.05.220 - Connecting with other diking systems.
85.05.230 - Action by district to prevent washing away of stream banks.
85.05.250 - Dikes along public road.
85.05.260 - Incorporated town may act as or be included in diking district.
85.05.270 - Estimate for maintenance and repair—Emergency expenditures.
85.05.280 - Organization of board—Warrants, how issued.
85.05.355 - Special assessment bonds.
85.05.360 - Warrants—When and how paid.
85.05.365 - Certificates of delinquency—Foreclosure—Sale—Use of proceeds.
85.05.366 - Funds to purchase delinquent certificates.
85.05.367 - Lands owned by district exempt from taxation.
85.05.370 - Trial—Findings and forms of verdict.
85.05.380 - Public lands subject to assessment—Rights and liabilities of public corporations.
85.05.390 - Assessments on public lands—How paid.
85.05.400 - Fees for service of process.
85.05.410 - Commissioners—Compensation and expenses.
85.05.420 - Powers of court—Injunctions.
85.05.430 - Sale of unneeded property—Authorized.
85.05.450 - Sale of unneeded property—Protests—Resolution of final action—Conveyance.
85.05.460 - Sale of unneeded property—Conveyance delayed if protests filed—Appeal.
85.05.470 - Sale of unneeded property—Direct action in superior court by protestant on final order.
85.05.490 - Levy for preliminary expenses.
85.05.500 - Levy for preliminary expenses—Preliminary expenses defined.
85.05.540 - Plat of reclaimed land—Benefits to be determined and paid.
85.05.550 - Plat of reclaimed land—Construction, application of RCW 85.05.510 through 85.05.550.