RCW 89.08.100
Findings—Order.
After the hearing, if the commission finds that the public health, safety, and welfare warrant the creation of the district, it shall enter an order to that effect and define the boundaries thereof by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions.
In making its findings the commission shall consider the topography of the particular area and of the state generally; the composition of the soil; the distribution of erosion; the prevailing land use practices; the effects upon and benefits to the land proposed to be included; the relation of the area to existing watersheds and agricultural regions and to other similar districts organized or proposed; and consider such other physical, geographical, and economic factors as are relevant.
If the commission finds there is no need for the district, it shall enter an order denying the petition, and no petition covering the same or substantially the same area may be filed within six months thereafter.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 184 § 11; 1955 c 304 § 10. 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.