RCW 17.28.010 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following terms, words or phrases shall have the following meaning: (1) “District” means any mosquito control district formed pursuant to this chapter. (2) “Board” or “district board” means the board of trustees governing the district. (3) “County commissioners” means the governing body of the county. (4) […]
RCW 17.28.020 Districts may be organized in counties—Petition, presentment, signatures. Any number of units of a territory within the state of Washington in Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Walla Walla and Yakima counties or any other county may be organized as a mosquito control district under the provisions of this chapter. A petition to form […]
RCW 17.28.030 Petition method—Description of boundaries—Verification of signatures—Resolution to include city. Before a city can be included as a part of the proposed district its governing body shall have requested that the city be included by resolution, duly authenticated. The petition shall set forth and describe the boundaries of the proposed district and it shall […]
RCW 17.28.040 Petition method—Publication of petition and notice of meeting. Upon receipt of a duly certified petition, the board of commissioners shall cause the text of the petition to be published once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the county where the petition is […]
RCW 17.28.050 Resolution method. Such districts may also be organized upon the adoption by the county commissioners of a resolution of intention so to do, in lieu of the procedure hereinbefore provided for the presentation of petitions. In the event the county commissioners adopt a resolution of intention, such resolution shall describe the boundaries of […]
RCW 17.28.060 Hearing—Defective petition—Establishment of boundaries. At the time stated in the notice of the filing of the petition or the time mentioned in the resolution of intention, the county commissioners shall consider the organization of the district and hear those appearing and all protests and objections to it. The commissioners may adjourn the hearing […]
RCW 17.28.070 Procedure to include other territory. If the county commissioners deem it proper to include any territory not proposed for inclusion within the proposed boundaries, they shall first cause notice of intention to do so to be mailed to each owner of land in the territory whose name appears as owner on the last […]
RCW 17.28.080 Determination of public necessity and compliance with chapter. Upon the hearing of the petition the county commissioners shall determine whether the public necessity or welfare of the proposed territory and of its inhabitants requires the formation of the district, and shall also determine whether the petition complies with the provisions of this chapter, […]
RCW 17.28.090 Declaration establishing and naming district—Election to form district—Establishment of district. If, from the testimony given before the county commissioners, it appears to that board that the public necessity or welfare requires the formation of the district, it shall, by an order entered on its minutes, declare that to be its finding, and shall […]
RCW 17.28.100 Election on proposition to levy tax. At the same election there shall be submitted to the voters residing within the district, for their approval or rejection, a proposition authorizing the mosquito control district, if formed, to levy at the earliest time permitted by law on all taxable property located within the mosquito control […]
RCW 17.28.110 Board of trustees—Composition. Within thirty days after the filing with the secretary of state of the certified copy of the order of formation, a governing board of trustees for the district shall be appointed. The district board shall be appointed as follows: (1) If the district is situated in one county only and […]
RCW 17.28.120 Board of trustees—Name of board—Qualification of members. The district board shall be called “The board of trustees of . . . . . . mosquito control district.” Each member of the board appointed by the governing body of a city shall be an elector of the city from which he or she is appointed and a resident of […]
RCW 17.28.130 Board of trustees—Terms—Vacancies. The members of the first board in any district shall classify themselves by lot at their first meeting so that: (1) If the total membership is an even number, the terms of one-half the members will expire at the end of one year, and the terms of the remainder at […]
RCW 17.28.140 Board of trustees—Organization—Officers—Compensation—Expenses. The members of the first district board shall meet on the first Monday subsequent to thirty days after the filing with the secretary of state of the certificate of incorporation of the district. They shall organize by the election of one of their members as president and one as secretary. […]
RCW 17.28.150 Board of trustees—Meetings—Rules—Quorum. The district board shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings, and the manner of calling them, and shall establish rules for its proceedings. Special meetings may be called by three members, notice of which shall be given to each member at least twenty-four hours before […]
RCW 17.28.160 Powers of district. A mosquito control district organized under this chapter may: (1) Take all necessary or proper steps for the extermination of mosquitoes. (2) Subject to the paramount control of the county or city in which they exist, abate as nuisances all stagnant pools of water and other breeding places for mosquitoes. […]
RCW 17.28.170 Mosquito breeding places declared public nuisance—Abatement. Any breeding place for mosquitoes which exists by reason of any use made of the land on which it is found or of any artificial change in its natural condition is a public nuisance: PROVIDED, That conditions or usage of land which are beyond the control of […]
RCW 17.28.175 Control of mosquitos—Declaration that owner is responsible. A board established pursuant to RCW 17.28.110 may adopt, by resolution, a policy declaring that the control of mosquitos within the district is the responsibility of the owner of the land from which the mosquitos originate. To protect the public health or welfare, the board may, […]
RCW 17.28.185 Control of mosquitos—Noncompliance by landowner with regulations. (1) Whenever the board finds that the owner has not taken prompt and sufficient action to comply with regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 17.28.175 to control mosquitos originating from the owner’s land, the board shall notify the owner that a violation of this chapter exists. The […]
RCW 17.28.250 Interference with entry or work of district—Penalty. Any person who obstructs, hinders, or interferes with the entry upon any land within the district of any officer or employee of the district in the performance of his or her duty, and any person who obstructs, interferes with, molests, or damages any work performed by […]
