RCW 57.04.001 Actions subject to review by boundary review board. Actions taken under this chapter may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW. [ 1996 c 230 § 201; 1989 c 84 § 56.] NOTES: Part headings not law—Effective date—1996 c 230: See notes following RCW 57.02.001.
RCW 57.04.020 Districts authorized. Water-sewer districts are authorized to be established for the purposes of chapter 57.08 RCW. Such districts may include within their boundaries one or more counties, cities, and towns, or other political subdivisions. However, no portion or all of any city or town may be included without the consent by resolution of […]
RCW 57.04.030 Petition procedure—Hearing—Boundaries. (1) For the purpose of formation of water-sewer districts, a petition shall be presented to the county legislative authority of each county in which the proposed district is located. The petition shall set forth the reasons for the creation of the district, designate the boundaries of the district, and state that […]
RCW 57.04.050 Election—Notice—Excess tax levy. Upon entry of the findings of the final hearing on the petition if one or more county legislative authorities find that the proposed district will be conducive to the public health, welfare, and convenience and will benefit the land therein, they shall present a resolution to the county auditor calling […]
RCW 57.04.055 County auditor to conduct elections—Expenses. All elections held pursuant to this title, whether general or special, shall be conducted by the county auditor of the county in which the district is located. Except as provided in RCW 57.04.060, the expense of all such elections shall be paid for out of the funds of […]
RCW 57.04.060 District created—Name—Formation expenses. If at the election a majority of the voters voting upon the proposition vote in favor of the formation of the district the county legislative authority shall so declare in its canvass of the returns of the election to be made within ten days after the date of the election, […]
RCW 57.04.065 Change of name—Procedure—Effect. Any district may apply to change its name by filing with the county legislative authority in which was filed the original petition for organization of the district, a certified copy of a resolution of its board of commissioners adopted by majority vote of all of the members of that board […]
RCW 57.04.070 When two or more petitions filed. Whenever two or more petitions for the formation of a district shall be filed as provided in this chapter, the petition describing the greater area shall supersede all others and an election shall first be held thereunder, and no lesser district shall ever be created within the […]
RCW 57.04.080 Act cumulative. *This act shall not be construed to repeal, amend, or modify any law heretofore enacted providing a method for water supply for any city or town in this state, but shall be held to be an additional and concurrent method providing for such purpose. Nor shall this act be construed to […]
RCW 57.04.090 Dissolution—Legislative and court methods. Dissolution of district, see chapters 36.96 and 53.48 RCW.
RCW 57.04.100 Dissolution—Election method. Any district may be disincorporated in the same manner (insofar as the same is applicable) as is provided in RCW 35.07.010 through 35.07.220 for the disincorporation of cities and towns, except that the petition for disincorporation shall be signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the voters in the district. […]
RCW 57.04.110 Dissolution when district’s boundaries identical with municipality. A district whose boundaries are identical with, or if the district is located entirely within, the boundaries of a city or town may be dissolved by summary dissolution proceedings if the district is free from all debts and liabilities except contractual obligations between the district and […]
RCW 57.04.120 Sewerage improvement districts located in counties with populations of from forty thousand to less than seventy thousand become sewer districts. (1) On and after March 16, 1979, any sewerage improvement districts created under Title 85 RCW and located in a county with a population of from forty thousand to less than seventy thousand […]
RCW 57.04.130 Sewerage improvement districts operating as sewer districts become water-sewer districts—Procedure. Any sewerage improvement district which has been operating as a sewer district shall be a district under this title as of March 16, 1979, upon being so ordered by the county legislative authority of the county in which such district is located after […]
RCW 57.04.140 Formation—Alternative method—New development. (1) As an alternative means to forming a water-sewer district, a county legislative authority may authorize the formation of a water-sewer district to serve a new development that at the time of formation does not have any residents, at written request of sixty percent of the owners of the area […]
