RCW 85.38.240
Special assessment bonds—Issuance—Terms.
(1) Special assessment bonds and notes issued by special districts shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The maximum term of any special assessment bond issued by a special district shall be twenty years. The maximum term of any special assessment note issued by a special district shall be five years.
(2) The governing body of a special district issuing special assessment bonds or notes shall create a special fund or funds, or use an existing special fund or funds, from which, along with any special assessment bond guaranty fund the special district has created, the principal of and interest on the bonds or notes exclusively are payable.
(3) The governing body of a special district may provide such covenants as it may deem necessary to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on special assessment bonds or notes, and premiums on special assessment bonds or notes, if any. Such covenants may include, but are not limited to, depositing certain special assessments into a special fund or funds, and establishing, maintaining, and collecting special assessments which are to be placed into the special fund or funds. The special assessments covenanted to be placed into such a special fund or funds after June 11, 1986, only may include all or part of the new system of special assessments imposed for such purposes, pursuant to RCW 85.38.150 and 85.38.160. Special assessment bonds or notes issued after July 26, 1987, may not be payable from special assessments imposed under authorities other than those provided in chapter 85.38 RCW.
(4) A special assessment bond or note issued by a special district shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state, either general or special, nor of the county, either general or special, within which all or any part of the special district is located. A special assessment bond or note shall not constitute a general indebtedness of the special district issuing the bond or note, but is a special obligation of the special district and the interest on and principal of the bond or note shall be payable only from special assessments covenanted to be placed into the special fund or funds, and any special assessment bond guaranty fund the special district has created.
The owner of a special assessment bond or note, or the owner of an interest coupon, shall not have any claim for the payment thereof against the special district arising from the special assessment bond or note, or interest coupon, except for payment from the special fund or funds, the special assessments covenanted to be placed into the special fund or funds, and any special assessment bond guaranty fund the special district has created. The owner of a special assessment bond or note, or the owner of an interest coupon, issued by a special district shall not have any claim against the state, or any county within which all or part of the special district is located, arising from the special assessment bond, note, or interest coupon. The special district issuing the special assessment bond or note shall not be liable to the owner of any special assessment bond or note, or owner of any interest coupon, for any loss occurring in the lawful operation of its special assessment bond guaranty fund.
The substance of the limitations included in this subsection shall be plainly printed, written, engraved, or reproduced on: (a) Each special assessment bond or note that is a physical instrument; (b) the official notice of sale; and (c) each official statement associated with the bonds or notes.
[ 1987 c 298 § 5; 1986 c 278 § 19.]
NOTES:
Severability—1986 c 278: See note following RCW 36.01.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 85 - Diking and Drainage
Chapter 85.38 - Special District Creation and Operation.
85.38.001 - Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
85.38.020 - Establishment of special districts—Petition or resolution—Contents.
85.38.030 - Investigation of proposed boundaries and districts—Report.
85.38.040 - Proposed special districts—Public hearing—Notice.
85.38.050 - Public hearing—Elections.
85.38.060 - Elections—Notice—Costs.
85.38.070 - Governing board—Terms of office—Election—Appointment—Vacancies—Qualifications.
85.38.075 - Governing body—Compensation and expenses.
85.38.080 - Governing body—Bond.
85.38.090 - Governing body—Reduction in size.
85.38.100 - General elections.
85.38.115 - Elections—When not required.
85.38.120 - Elections—Auditor's assistance—Notice—Auditor's costs.
85.38.125 - Elections—Auditor to conduct.
85.38.127 - Elections—Special flood control districts—Qualified voters.
85.38.130 - Election officials—Duties—Voting hours—Challenged ballots—Absentee ballots.
85.38.140 - Special district financing—Alternative method.
85.38.145 - Rates and charges.
85.38.150 - Special assessments—Valuation—Assessment zones—Criteria for assessments.
85.38.165 - Applicable assessed value.
85.38.170 - Budgets—Special assessments—Notice—Delinquent special assessments—Collection fee.
85.38.180 - Special districts—Powers.
85.38.200 - Annexation of contiguous territory—Procedures.
85.38.210 - Consolidation of contiguous districts—Procedures.
85.38.213 - Withdrawal of area within city or town.
85.38.215 - Transfer of territory from one special district to another.
85.38.217 - Drainage and drainage improvement districts—Removal of area by first-class city—Notice.
85.38.220 - Suspension of operations—Procedure—Reactivation.
85.38.230 - Special assessment bonds authorized.
85.38.240 - Special assessment bonds—Issuance—Terms.
85.38.250 - Special assessment bonds—Guaranty fund.
85.38.260 - Special assessment bonds—Refunding.
85.38.270 - Special assessment bonds issued prior to July 1, 1986.
85.38.280 - Cooperative watershed management.
85.38.290 - Flood control districts—Three or more counties—Governing body.
85.38.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.