RCW 89.12.040
Units and legal subdivisions authorized—Size—Plats—Excess land.
In connection with a district contracting or intending to contract with the United States under this chapter, the secretary for the purpose of administering the federal reclamation laws and of providing for the delivery of water thereto, the method thereof, and the turnout therefor may segregate such lands, or any part thereof, into units and/or legal subdivisions, having in mind the character of soil, topography, method or methods of irrigation best suited therefor, location with respect to the irrigation system, type of irrigation system, and such other relevant factors as enter into the determination of the area and boundaries thereof and the method or methods of irrigating the same. Plats or revisions thereof showing the units and/or the legal subdivisions and the exclusive method or methods of irrigating such units and/or legal subdivisions or portions thereof when approved, may be filed by the United States for record with the auditor of the county in which the land is located. Lands in excess of the acreage in the amount specified by applicable federal law as not being excess lands held by any one landowner shall be deemed excess land.
[ 1970 ex.s. c 71 § 1; 1963 c 3 § 1; 1957 c 165 § 2; 1943 c 275 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 7525-23.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 89 - Reclamation, Soil Conservation, and Land Settlement
Chapter 89.12 - Reclamation and Irrigation Districts in Reclamation Areas.
89.12.030 - Applicability and purpose of chapter.
89.12.040 - Units and legal subdivisions authorized—Size—Plats—Excess land.
89.12.050 - Contracts with United States—Permissible provisions.
89.12.060 - Covenants running with the land—Contract provisions to govern.
89.12.080 - Instruments may be filed—Filing imparts notice.
89.12.090 - State lands in district—State consent to assessment, conditions.
89.12.100 - State lands—Terms and conditions of sale.
89.12.110 - County lands—Contracts with United States.
89.12.120 - Acceptance of federal act—Assessment and taxation authorized.
89.12.131 - Adoption of Columbia Basin project act—Revocation of state's consent.
89.12.140 - Subdivision and sale of state lands in reclamation project.
89.12.150 - Exchange of state and federal lands.
89.12.170 - Columbia Basin project—Authorization for agreements to allocate water—Conditions.
89.12.180 - Reports to legislature regarding activities under RCW 89.12.170.
89.12.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.