RCW 17.28.251 Borrowing money or issuing warrants in anticipation of revenue. A mosquito control district may, prior to the receipt of taxes raised by levy, borrow money or issue warrants of the district in anticipation of revenue, and such warrants shall be redeemed from the first money available from such taxes. [ 1959 c 64 […]
RCW 17.28.252 Excess levy authorized. A mosquito control district shall have the power to levy additional taxes in excess of the constitutional and/or statutory limitations for any of the authorized purposes of such district, not in excess of fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value per year when authorized so to do by the […]
RCW 17.28.253 District boundaries for tax purposes. For the purpose of property taxation and the levying of property taxes the boundaries of the mosquito control district shall be the established official boundary of such district existing on the first day of September of the year in which the levy is made, and no such levy […]
RCW 17.28.254 Abatement, extermination declared necessity and benefit to land. It is hereby declared that whenever the public necessity or welfare has required the formation of a mosquito control district, the abatement or extermination of mosquitoes within the district is of direct, economic benefit to the land located within such district and is necessary for […]
RCW 17.28.255 Classification of property—Assessments. The board of trustees shall annually determine the amount of money necessary to carry on the operations of the district and shall classify the property therein in proportion to the benefits to be derived from the operations of the district and in accordance with such classification shall apportion and assess […]
RCW 17.28.256 Assessments—Roll, hearings, notices, objections, appeal, etc. The board of trustees in assessing the property within the district and the rights, duties and liabilities of property owners therein shall be governed, insofar as is consistent with this chapter, by the provisions for county road improvement districts as set forth in RCW 36.88.090 through 36.88.110. […]
RCW 17.28.257 Assessments—Payment, lien, delinquencies, foreclosure, etc. The provisions of chapters 84.56 and 84.64 RCW and RCW 36.29.180 governing liens, collection, payment of assessments, delinquent assessments, interest and penalties, lien foreclosure and foreclosed property shall govern such matters as applied to mosquito control districts. [ 2020 c 54 § 1; 1959 c 64 § 9.]
RCW 17.28.258 County treasurer—Duties. The county treasurer shall collect all mosquito control district assessments, and the duties and responsibilities herein imposed upon him or her shall be among the duties and responsibilities of his or her office for which his or her bond is given as county treasurer. The collection and disposition of revenue from […]
RCW 17.28.260 General obligation bonds—Excess property tax levies. A mosquito control district shall have the power to issue general obligation bonds and to pledge the full faith and credit of the district to the payment thereof, for authorized capital purposes of the mosquito control district, and to provide for the retirement thereof by excess property […]
RCW 17.28.270 Collection, disposition, of revenue—Depository. All taxes levied under this chapter shall be computed and entered on the county assessment roll and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other county taxes. When collected, the taxes shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the district. If […]
RCW 17.28.280 Withdrawal of funds. The funds shall only be withdrawn from the county treasury depository upon the warrant of the district board signed by its president or acting president, and countersigned by its secretary. [ 1957 c 153 § 28.]
RCW 17.28.290 Matching funds. Any part or all of the taxes collected for use of the district may be used for matching funds made available to the district by county, state, or federal governmental agencies. [ 1957 c 153 § 29.]
RCW 17.28.300 Expenses of special elections. All expenses of any special election conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the mosquito control district. [ 1957 c 153 § 30.]
RCW 17.28.310 Annual certification of assessed valuation. It shall be the duty of the assessor of each county lying wholly or partially within the district to certify annually to the board the aggregate assessed valuation of all taxable property in his or her county situated in any mosquito control district as the same appears from […]
RCW 17.28.320 Annexation of territory authorized—Consent by city. Any territory contiguous to a district may be annexed to the district. If the territory to be annexed is in a city, consent to the annexation shall first be obtained from the governing body of the city. An authenticated copy of the resolution or order of that […]
RCW 17.28.330 Annexation of territory authorized—Petition—Hearing—Boundaries. The district board, upon receiving a written petition for annexation containing a description of the territory sought to be annexed, signed by registered voters in said territory equal in number to at least ten percent of the number of votes cast in the territory for the office of governor […]
RCW 17.28.340 Annexation of territory authorized—Order of annexation—Election. If upon the hearing the district board finds that the petition and the proceedings thereon meet the requirements of this chapter and that it is desirable and to the interests of the district and of the territory proposed to be annexed that the territory, with boundaries as […]
RCW 17.28.350 Annexation of territory authorized—Filing of order—Composition of board. The order of annexation shall be entered in the minutes of the board and certified copies shall be filed with the secretary of state and with the county clerk and county auditor of each county in which the district or any part of it is […]
RCW 17.28.360 Consolidation of districts—Initial proceedings. Whenever in the judgment of the district board it is for the best interests of the district that it be consolidated with one or more other districts, it may, by a two-thirds vote of its members, adopt a resolution reciting that fact and declaring the advisability of such consolidation […]
RCW 17.28.370 Consolidation of districts—Concurrent resolution. Should it appear that two-thirds of the members of each of the boards of districts proposed to be consolidated favor consolidation each of said boards shall then, by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its members adopt a concurrent resolution in favor of consolidation, declaring its willingness […]
