RCW 85.24.240
Counties to contribute for benefits to roads, bridges, or health of people.
Whenever any highways, roads, or bridges are maintained by either county in which a diking and drainage district may be established, as herein provided, and it shall appear that the construction and maintenance of such diking and drainage system will be beneficial to such highways, roads, and bridges, or which will be beneficial to such highways, roads and bridges as may thereafter be constructed or maintained by the county, in which any part of the system of dikes and drains is situated, then the board of county commissioners of such county may, and it shall be the duty of such board to appropriate to such diking and drainage district an amount of money sufficient to pay the proportionate share of such county in accordance with the benefits received or to be received; and whenever it may appear to the board of county commissioners of any county that any improvements made or to be made in any diking or drainage district under the provisions of this chapter, shall on account of the health of the people of the county be beneficial in respect thereto, the board of county commissioners may make an appropriation of money to such diking and drainage district in such an amount to such board as may seem proper.
[ 1909 c 225 § 18; RRS § 4378.]
NOTES:
Basis of supplemental assessments: RCW 85.07.050.
Benefits to public roads, how paid: RCW 85.07.040.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 85 - Diking and Drainage
Chapter 85.24 - Diking and Drainage Districts in Two or More Counties.
85.24.010 - Districts authorized—Powers—Designation.
85.24.015 - Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW.
85.24.065 - Special assessments—Budgets—Alternative methods.
85.24.070 - Board of commissioners—Oath, bond—Plan of improvement—Levy of assessment, procedure.
85.24.071 - Board of commissioners—Power to conduct business, make contracts, etc.
85.24.073 - Board of commissioners—Construction and maintenance powers.
85.24.075 - Board of commissioners—Duties of board officers—Quorum.
85.24.077 - Board of commissioners—Power to adjourn proceedings.
85.24.079 - Board of commissioners—Rules and regulations.
85.24.080 - Board of commissioners—Compensation and expenses.
85.24.130 - Objections to assessment—Procedure.
85.24.150 - Lien of assessments—Notice and collection.
85.24.160 - Payment of assessment without interest.
85.24.170 - District treasurer—Collection, remittance and disbursement of assessments.
85.24.180 - Sale of property for delinquency—Procedure—Purchaser's interest.
85.24.190 - Disposal by commissioners of lands not redeemed from sale—Use of proceeds.
85.24.220 - Segregation of assessments.
85.24.235 - Special assessment bonds.
85.24.240 - Counties to contribute for benefits to roads, bridges, or health of people.
85.24.250 - Municipality may contribute.
85.24.260 - Acquisition of property—Eminent domain.
85.24.261 - Eminent domain—Procedure.
85.24.263 - Eminent domain—Rights-of-way.
85.24.265 - Eminent domain—Against public lands.
85.24.270 - Cities may be included in district.
85.24.275 - Assessment of state lands.
85.24.280 - Improvement of streams—Scope of powers.
85.24.285 - Improvement of streams—Streambeds are property of district—Disposition.