Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 89.08 - Conservation Districts.
89.08.050 - Employees—Delegation—Quorum.

RCW 89.08.050
Employees—Delegation—Quorum.

The commission may employ an administrative officer, and such technical experts and such other agents and employees, permanent and temporary as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The commission may call upon the attorney general for such legal services as it may require.
It shall have authority to delegate to its chair, to one or more of its members, to one or more agents or employees such duties and powers as it deems proper. As long as the commission and the office of financial management under the provisions of chapter 43.82 RCW deems it appropriate and financially justifiable to do so, the commission shall be supplied with suitable office accommodations at the central office of the department of ecology, and shall be furnished the necessary supplies and equipment.
The commission shall organize annually and select a chair from among its members, who shall serve for one year from the date of the chair's selection. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum and all actions of the commission shall be by a majority vote of the members present and voting at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

[ 2009 c 55 § 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 184 § 6; 1961 c 240 § 5; 1955 c 304 § 5. Prior: 1949 c 106 § 1, part; 1939 c 187 § 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 10726-4, part.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement

Chapter 89.08 - Conservation Districts.

89.08.005 - Short title.

89.08.010 - Preamble.

89.08.020 - Definitions.

89.08.030 - Conservation commission.

89.08.040 - Members—Compensation and travel expenses—Records, rules, hearings, etc.

89.08.050 - Employees—Delegation—Quorum.

89.08.060 - Assistance of other state agencies and institutions.

89.08.070 - General duties of commission.

89.08.080 - Petition to form district—Contents.

89.08.090 - Notice of hearing—Hearing.

89.08.100 - Findings—Order.

89.08.110 - Election—How conducted.

89.08.120 - Ballots.

89.08.130 - Notice of election.

89.08.140 - Expense of hearing and election.

89.08.150 - Procedure after canvass.

89.08.160 - Appointment of supervisors—Application to secretary of state.

89.08.170 - Secretary of state's certificate—Change of name.

89.08.180 - Annexation of territory—Boundary change—Combining two or more districts.

89.08.185 - Petition to withdraw from district—Approval or rejection—Disputed petitions.

89.08.190 - Nomination and election of supervisors—Annual meeting of voters.

89.08.200 - Supervisors—Term, vacancies, removal, etc.—Compensation.

89.08.210 - Powers and duties of supervisors.

89.08.215 - Treasurer—Powers and duties—Bond.

89.08.220 - Corporate status and powers of district.

89.08.341 - Intergovernmental cooperation—Authority.

89.08.350 - Petition to dissolve district—Election.

89.08.360 - Result of election—Dissolution.

89.08.370 - Disposition of affairs upon dissolution.

89.08.390 - Water rights preserved—1939 c 187.

89.08.391 - Water rights preserved—1973 1st ex.s. c 184.

89.08.400 - Special assessments for natural resource conservation.

89.08.405 - Rates and charges system.

89.08.410 - Grants to conservation districts—Rules—Report to the legislature.

89.08.440 - Best management practices for fish and wildlife habitat, water quality, and water quantity property tax exemption—List—Forms—Certification of claims.

89.08.450 - Watershed restoration projects—Intent.

89.08.460 - Watershed restoration projects—Definitions.

89.08.470 - Watershed restoration projects—Consolidated permit application process—Fish habitat enhancement project.

89.08.480 - Watershed restoration projects—Designated recipients of project applications—Notice to commission.

89.08.490 - Watershed restoration projects—Acceptance of applications—Permit decisions.

89.08.500 - Watershed restoration projects—Appointment of project facilitator by permit assistance center—Coordinated process for permit decisions.

89.08.510 - Watershed restoration projects—General permits—Cooperative permitting agreements.

89.08.520 - Water quality and habitat protection grant programs—Development of outcome-focused performance measures.

89.08.530 - Agricultural conservation easements program.

89.08.540 - Agricultural conservation easements account.

89.08.550 - Conservation assistance revolving account.

89.08.560 - Farm plans—Disclosure of information.

89.08.570 - Crop purchase contracts for dedicated energy crops.

89.08.580 - Puget Sound partners.

89.08.590 - Administering funds—Preference to an evergreen community.

89.08.610 - Sustainable farms and fields grant program—Definitions.

89.08.615 - Sustainable farms and fields grant program—Commission to develop in consultation with the department of agriculture, Washington State University, and the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation services—Use...

89.08.620 - Grant recipients—Prioritization.

89.08.625 - Methods for measuring, estimating, and verifying outcomes.

89.08.630 - Reports to the legislature and governor—Updates—Evaluations.

89.08.635 - Sustainable farms and fields account.

89.08.640 - Habitat for managed and native pollinators—Small grants program.

89.08.645 - Short-term disaster recovery financial assistance program—Farmers and ranchers—Commission may adopt rules.