RCW 54.16.005 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Broadband infrastructure” means networks of deployed telecommunications equipment and technologies necessary to provide high-speed internet access and other advanced telecommunications services. (2) “Commission” means the Washington utilities and transportation commission. (3) “District commission” means the governing […]
RCW 54.16.010 Surveys, plans, investigations, or studies. A district may make surveys, plans, investigations or studies for generating electric energy by water power, steam, or other methods, and for systems and facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution thereof, and for domestic and industrial water supply and irrigation, and for matters and purposes reasonably incidental […]
RCW 54.16.020 Acquisition of property and rights—Eminent domain. A district may construct, condemn and purchase, purchase, acquire, lease, add to, maintain, operate, develop, and regulate all lands, property, property rights, water, water rights, dams, ditches, flumes, aqueducts, pipes and pipe lines, water power, leases, easements, rights-of-way, franchises, plants, plant facilities, and systems for generating electric […]
RCW 54.16.030 Water and irrigation works. A district may construct, purchase, condemn and purchase, acquire, add to, maintain, conduct, and operate waterworks and irrigation plants and systems, within or without its limits, for the purpose of furnishing the district, and the inhabitants thereof, and of the county in which the district is located, and any […]
RCW 54.16.032 Authority to assist customers in the acquisition of water conservation equipment—Limitations. Any district is hereby authorized, within limits established by the Constitution of the state of Washington, to assist the owners of structures in financing the acquisition and installation of fixtures, systems, and equipment, for compensation or otherwise, for the conservation or more […]
RCW 54.16.035 Provision of water service beyond district subject to review by boundary review board. The provision of water service beyond the boundaries of a public utility district may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW. [ 1989 c 84 § 48.]
RCW 54.16.040 Electric energy. A district may purchase, within or without its limits, electric current for sale and distribution within or without its limits, and construct, condemn and purchase, purchase, acquire, add to, maintain, conduct, and operate works, plants, transmission and distribution lines and facilities for generating electric current, operated either by water power, steam, […]
RCW 54.16.050 Water rights. A district may take, condemn and purchase, purchase and acquire any public and private property, franchises and property rights, including state, county, and school lands, and property and littoral and water rights, for any of the purposes aforesaid, and for railroads, tunnels, pipe lines, aqueducts, transmission lines, and all other facilities […]
RCW 54.16.060 Intertie lines. A district may build and maintain intertie lines connecting its power plant and distribution system with the power plant and distribution system owned by any other public utility district, or municipal corporation, or connect with the power plants and distribution systems owned by any municipal corporation in the district, and from […]
RCW 54.16.070 District may borrow money, contract indebtedness, issue bonds or obligations—Guaranty fund. (1) A district may contract indebtedness or borrow money for any corporate purpose on its credit or on the revenues of its public utilities, and to evidence such indebtedness may issue general obligation bonds or revenue obligations; may issue and sell local […]
RCW 54.16.080 Levy and collection of taxes—Tax anticipation warrants. A district may raise revenue by the levy of an annual tax on all taxable property within the district, not exceeding forty-five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value in any one year, exclusive of interest and redemption for general obligation bonds. The commission shall prepare […]
RCW 54.16.083 Community revitalization financing—Public improvements. In addition to other authority that a public utility district possesses, a public utility district may provide any public improvement as defined under RCW 39.89.020, but this additional authority is limited to participating in the financing of the public improvements as provided under RCW 39.89.050. This section does not […]
RCW 54.16.085 Interfund loans. A public utility district may make and repay interfund loans between its funds. [ 1987 c 18 § 2.]
RCW 54.16.090 Contracts with other agencies or utilities—Gifts, etc.—Employees and experts—Advancements. A district may enter into any contract or agreement with the United States, or any state, municipality, or other utility district, or any department of those entities, or with any cooperative, mutual, consumer-owned utility, or with any investor-owned utility or with an association of […]
RCW 54.16.092 Employment interview expenses. When a district commission finds that a vacancy for a technical or managerial position requires special qualifications or entails responsibilities and duties of such a nature that substantial benefits will accrue to the district from personal interviews of candidates for such a vacancy to be held in the district, the […]
RCW 54.16.095 Liability insurance for officials and employees. The board of commissioners of each public utility district may purchase liability insurance with such limits as they may deem reasonable for the purpose of protecting their officials and employees against liability for personal or bodily injuries and property damage arising from their acts or omissions while […]
RCW 54.16.097 Actions against officer, employee, or agent—Defense and costs provided by public utility district—Exception. Whenever any action, claim, or proceeding is instituted against any person who is or was an officer, employee, or agent of a public utility district established under this title arising out of the performance or failure of performance of duties […]
RCW 54.16.100 Manager—Appointment—Compensation—Duties. The commission, by resolution introduced at a regular meeting and adopted at a subsequent regular meeting, shall appoint and may remove at will a district manager, and shall, by resolution, fix his or her compensation. The manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the district, in control of all administrative functions […]
RCW 54.16.110 May sue and be sued—Claims. A district may sue in any court of competent jurisdiction, and may be sued in the county in which its principal office is located or in which it owns or operates facilities. No suit for damages shall be maintained against a district except on a claim filed with […]
RCW 54.16.120 Local utility districts authorized. A district may, by resolution, establish and define the boundaries of local assessment districts to be known as local utility district No. . . . ., for distribution, under the general supervision and control of the commission, of water for all purposes, public and private, including domestic use, irrigation, and electric energy, […]
