RCW 89.08.080
Petition to form district—Contents.
To form a conservation district, twenty percent of the voters within the area to be affected may file a petition with the commission asking that the area be organized into a district.
The petition shall give the name of the proposed district, state that it is needed in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare, give a general description of the area proposed to be organized and request that the commission determine that it be created, and that it define the boundaries thereof and call an election on the question of creating the district.
If more than one petition is filed covering parts of the same area, the commission may consolidate all or any of them.
[ 1999 c 305 § 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 184 § 9; 1961 c 240 § 7; 1961 c 17 § 1. Prior: 1939 c 187 § 5, part; RRS § 10726-5, part.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement
Chapter 89.08 - Conservation Districts.
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.
89.08.110 - Election—How conducted.
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.
89.08.450 - Watershed restoration projects—Intent.
89.08.460 - Watershed restoration projects—Definitions.
89.08.490 - Watershed restoration projects—Acceptance of applications—Permit decisions.
89.08.510 - Watershed restoration projects—General permits—Cooperative permitting agreements.
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.
89.08.620 - 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.